Case Name: TOMPKINS vs. BRADFORD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1837-02
Citations: 10 La. 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: TOMPKINS vs. BRADFORD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
TOMPKINS vs. BRADFORD.
Eastern Dist.
February, 1837.
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING.
Where the citation of appeal has not been returned by the sheriff, and does not accompany the record, the appeal will be dismissed.
The defendant appealed from a judgment in this case. There was no citation accompanying, or attached to the record, and none appeared to have been served or returned by the sheriff.
Bradford, for the plaintiff and appellee,
moved to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that no legal citation had issued, or had been served in the case, nor had any original writ of citation been returned to thi? court.
Penn, contra.

Opinion:
Martin, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The dismissal of the appeal'is prayed for on the ground that no legal citation was issued or served in the case, nor has any original been returned into this court.
The sheriff has made no return; the appeal must, therefore, be dismissed.