Case Name: FRENCH et al. v. TROUT CREEK LUMBER CO.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1917-02-12
Citations: 141 La. 18
Docket Number: No. 21303
Parties: FRENCH et al. v. TROUT CREEK LUMBER CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 141
Pages: 17–19

Head Matter:
(74 South. 575)
No. 21303.
FRENCH et al. v. TROUT CREEK LUMBER CO.
(Feb. 12, 1917.
On Application for Rehearing March 12, 1917.)
(Syllables by Editorial Staff.)
1. Courts <&wkey;224(ll) — .Supreme Court — Jurisdiction — Amount — Transfer of Cause.
Where it was manifest that plaintiffs’ son did not, in any view of the case, sustain injury exceeding $2,000, the Supreme Court on appeal, would consider the demand in the petition for $5,000 damages to be inflated in order to vest jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, and would transfer the cause to the Court of Appeal.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. § 617.]
On Application for Rehearing.
2. Costs <&wkey;238(l) — Costs on Appeal.
Where a cause on appeal was transferred to the Court of Appeal on the ground that the ad damnum was inflated, in order to vest jurisdiction in the Supreme Court, that court would condemn plaintiff, appellee, to pay the costs of appeal.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Costs, Cent. Dig. §§ 908-911, 915-919.]
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of La Salle; George Wear, Sr., Judge.
Action by H. M. French and another against the Trout Creek Lumber Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals, and plaintiffs pray for an increase of the award.
Cause transferred to the Court of Appeal for the parish of La Salle.
Henry Moore, of Texarkana, Ark., and White & Thornton & Holloman, and White, Holloman & White, all of Alexandria, for appellant. Richey & Harper, of Jena, for appellees.

Opinion:
LAND, J.
Plaintiffs, the father and mother of Mack French, a 16 year old boy, sued the defendant for $5,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of a collision between a two mule team, which the said boy was driving, and a train of skeleton cars belonging to the defendant, at a public road crossing.
The defendant has appealed from a judgment for $250 in favor of the plaintiffs; and the plaintiffs have not prayed for an increase of the award.
The record shows that the boy was not seriously injured, and about two weeks after the accident resumed his job of driving a similar livery team.
It being manifest that the boy did not, from any view of his case, receive damage or injury exceeding $2,000 in amount, we consider the demand in the petition to be inflated for the purpose of vesting jurisdiction in the Supreme Court.
It is therefore ordered that this cause be transferred to the Court of Appeal for the parish of La Salle, and that the defendant and appellant pay costs in this court.