Case Name: State of Louisiana, on the relation of A. Hero, Jr., v. Armand Pitot, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1869-05
Citations: 21 La. Ann. 336
Docket Number: No. 2063
Parties: State of Louisiana, on the relation of A. Hero, Jr., v. Armand Pitot, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 336–338

Head Matter:
No. 2063.
State of Louisiana, on the relation of A. Hero, Jr., v. Armand Pitot, Jr.
Where tbe transcript of appeal is duly certified l>y tho clerk of tho District Court as containing all the evidence, etc., adduced on the trial, it is sufficient to enable the Supreme Court to decide the case on its merits and the appeal will not ho dismissod. 20 An. 213.
The affidavit of the appellant that his interest in the controversy exceeds five hundred dollars is sufficient to give tho Supreme Court jurisdiction of the appeal.
The right to an office can not he inquired into or tested under existing laws on an application for a writ of mandamus. Sternberg v. Legard, ante page 18.
from Seventh District Court, parish of Orleans. Oollens, J.
Honor & Benedict, for relator, appellant, Gharvet & JDuplantier and JS. Bermudez, for defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Wyly, J.
Defendant and appellee moves to dismiss this appeal because the record does not show a note of evidence, statement of facts, hill of exception or assignment of errors, and because the interest of the plaintiff in the matter in disimte does not exceed five hundred dollars.
The clerk of the District Court has certifled that the transcript filed in this court contains a true and correct copy of " all the proceedings had, documents filed and evidence adduced on the trial," and this suffices to enable this court to consider the case and decide it on its merits. 20 A. 213.
The appellant has hied in this court his affidavit that the matter in dispute and his interest therein exceeds five hundred dollars.
The matter in dispute is the possession of certain notarial records in the hands of the defendant, which the relator as custodian of notarial records of the parish of Orleans, under act affirmed twenty-eighth March, 1867, sues to recover.' Ilis interest in said records is the fee3 he is entitled to hy said act for certifying copies thereof. His affidavit establishes that his interest therein exceeds five, hundred dollars, which gives this court jurisdiction.
The motion to dismiss is therefore overruled.