Case Name: Louis Mathe vs. Parish of Plaquemines
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-01
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 77
Docket Number: No. 5851
Parties: Louis Mathe vs. Parish of Plaquemines.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 77–80

Head Matter:
No. 5851.
Louis Mathe vs. Parish of Plaquemines.
Tlie judgment appealed from Is against the parish of Plaquemines, cited through • the president of the police jury. The application for the appeal was made through the attorney representing the parish, in the name of the president of the police jury, and the order of appeal was accordingly granted, and the appeal, bond was filed. The condition of the bond recites that the above-bound parish of Plaquemines, through the president of the police jury thereof, shall prosecute this said appeal, and shall satisfy whatever judgment may be rendered against said parish, etc. This is sufficient.
This court has had frequent occasions to advert to the entire absence of any authority or power of police jurors, under the general law of the State, to make and' put into circulation negotiable instruments, and to announce that the exercise of that power can only take place under a special grant of the Legislature. No special grant of such a power is shown to have been conferred upon the parish of Plaquemines.
APPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Plaque-mines. Pardee, J.
T. Wharton Collens and JE. Howard Me Caleb, for plaintiff and appellee.
A. JS. Livaudais, Parish Attorney, Sambola &■ Hueros, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
Ludelino, C. J.
The motion to dismiss this' appeal is based on tile-following grounds:
That the defendant has taken no appeal; and that E. Dobso, president of the police jury of the parish of Plaquemines, has no appealable interest.
The judgment appealed from is against the parish of Plaquemines,, cited through the president of the police jury. The application for the-appeal was made through the attorney representing the defendant, the parish of Plaquemines, in the name of the president of the police jury,, and tlie order of appeal was accordingly granted; and the appeal bond was filed. The condition of the bond recites that "the above-bound parish of Plaquemines, through tlie president of the police jury thereof, shall prosecute this said appeal, and shall satisfy whatever judgment, may be rendered against said parish," etc.
There can be no doubt that it was the defendant, the parish of Plaque-mines, that appealed.
The objections are not well founded. 12 R. 458.
The motion is overruled.