Case Name: N. G. & G. Wilkinson v. J. W. Martin et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1858-08
Citations: 13 La. Ann. 479
Docket Number: 
Parties: N. G. & G. Wilkinson v. J. W. Martin et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 479–479

Head Matter:
N. G. & G. Wilkinson v. J. W. Martin et al.
Whore tho return to a writ of ccrlioraH shows that papers and evidence material to the decision of tho causo, had boon lost, without neglect on the part of the Clerk, or the parties to the suit, the judgment of llio lower court will bo reversed, and the case remanded for a now trial.
APPEAL from the District Court of the Parish of Rapides, Ogden, J.
T. C. Manning, for plaintiffs and appellants.
M. Ryan, for defendants.

Opinion:
Cole, J.
A motion has been made to remand this cause for a new trial, on the ground that the answer of the defendants, and the note of evidence taken on the trial of the cause, are lost, and that the record is imperfect.
M. R. Ariail, the Clerk of the District Court for the parish of Rapides, in answer to the certiorari addressed to him in this case, says " that he has made diligent search for the missing papers, and cannot find them, and that their loss has not been occasioned by any neglect bn his part, or that of the parties to tho cause."
The missing papers and evidence appear to be material to the decision of the suit.
It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the judgment of the lower court be avoided and reversed; that this cause be remanded for a new trial, and that the costs of appeal abide the event of the final decree.