Case Name: Succession of John H. DAVIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1956-02-20
Citations: 229 La. 314
Docket Number: No. 41197
Parties: Succession of John H. DAVIS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 229
Pages: 313–315

Head Matter:
85 So.2d 886
Succession of John H. DAVIS.
No. 41197.
Feb. 20, 1956.
Raymond H. Saal, Covington, for appellant.
Philip E. Pfeifer, Covington, for administrator and appellee.

Opinion:
MOISE, Justice.
This is an appeal by Mrs. Winnie D. . Wood, Mrs. Nora D. Dourbourg and Mrs. Irene Keller from a judgment rendered against them in the Succession of John H. Davis.
Neither appellant's nor their counsel appeared on the day set for argument of the appeal in this Court, nor was a brief filed in support of the appeal. Under these circumstances, it is the settled jurisprudence that the appeal will be dismissed. Harvey v. Thomas, 227 La. 25, 78 So.2d 497; Mendes v. Kostmayer, 226 La. 730, 77 So.2d 21; Williams v. Southern Advance Bag & Paper Co., Inc., 226 La. 848, 77 So.2d 416; Di Martino v. O'Brien, 225 La. 329, 72 So.2d 749; Peace v. Love, 223 La. 772, 66 So.2d 803; Henderson v. Life & Cas. Ins. Co. of Tennessee, 222 La. 175, 62 So.2d 264; Nungesser v. Railway Exp. Agency, Inc., 220 La. 277, 56 So.2d 422; Core Bros. v. F. J. J. Sloat Dredging Co., 220 La. 169, 55 So.2d 904, and authorities therein cited; Chatelain v. Besnard, 219 La. 488, 53 So.2d 243; Bailey v. Bowans, 219 La. 471, 53 So.2d 237.
It is ordered that the appeal be dismissed.