The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-10

&1A4tS1UI4GllG N o o.
ARTEcLESI. 1.-The Supreme Court. except
in cases hereinafter provided, shall have
appellate Jurisdiction only, which Jurisdiction
shall extend to all cases when the matter in
dispute, or the fund To be distributed what
ever may be the amount therein claimed shall
exceed tive Thousand dollars, exclusive Of
interest; to suits for divorce and separatiOn
from bed and board; to suits for nuIIity of
marriages to suits involving the rights to
h0mesteadsi to snits for interdictiOni and to
all cases III which the SOMstitutiOnalitv or
legality of any tax, toll or impOst Whatever. or
fof any Tine, forfeiture or penalty imposed BY q
municipal corporation shall be In condensation
whatever may be the amount thereof; and In
such eases the appeal on the law and the facts
shall be directly from the Court i'm which the
case originated TO the supreme Court; and to
criminal cases on questions of Law alone.
whenever the punishment of death or impris-
0nm6nt at hard labOF may DO inflicted, or q fine
exceeding Three Hundred Dollars $4,000 Is
actually imposed.
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLT IS
OF the Constitution Of the State Relative to
Sne Jurisdiction OF Courts Of Appeal.
Amendment No. 4.
ARTICLE IS. ''The Courts Of Appeal. exceDt
IN cases hereinafter provided, shall have
appellate jurisdiction only, which Jurisdiction
shall extend In all eases, civil or probate, when
the matter in dispute or the funds to be dis
tributed shall exceed one hundred dollars,
exclusive OF interest, and shall not exceed two
thousand dollars, exclusive Of interest,""
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE Iol
OF the Constitution of the State. Relat;ve 70
Trial of Cases in Courts of Appeal when
Judges disagree
Amendment No. 8.
Article l0l. whenever the Judges CON-
posing the Courts of Appeal shall concur. their
Judgment shall be final Whenever there shall
be disagreement, the two Judges shall aD-
point lawyer having the qualifications for
Judge OF the Court Of Appeals of their Circuit.
who shall aid In the determination of the ease
Judgment coneurred in by amy tive Of them
shall be fpal.n
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1888
Of the Constitution Of the State, Relative 20
the Jurisdiction Of Courts Of Appeal for the
Parish of Orleans"
Amendment No. g.
ARTIcLE l28 There shall be in the Parish
OF Orleans n Court of Appeals for ss.id Parish.
With exclusive appellate Jurisdiction in ali
matters eavil and probate, arising In said
parish when the amount In dispute, or fund to
De distributed exceeds one hundred dollars,
exclusive OF interest, and does not exceed two
Thousand dollars, exclusive Of interest; said
court sball be presided over by TIVE judges,
who shall be elected by the General Assembly,
In joint session; they shall be residents and
voters OF the city Of New Orleans, possessing
ali the qualifications necessary for judges OF
Circuit Courts of Appeal throughout the
State; they shall each receive an annual salary
of four thousand dollars, payable monthly
upon their respective warrants. Said appeals
shall be upon questions of law alone, in all
cases involving less than five hundred dollars,
extensive of interest, and upon the law and
the facts in other cases 1t shall sit in the city
OF New Orleans from the First Monday Of