Case Name: Succession of William Stuart
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1896-11-16
Citations: 48 La. Ann. 1484
Docket Number: No. 12,162
Parties: Succession of William Stuart.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 1484–1488

Head Matter:
No. 12,162.
Succession of William Stuart.
On Motion to dismiss.
It is no cause for the dismissal of an appeal that a record has been omitted from the transcript which was not filed in. evidence. It could form no part of the record, not having been filed.
On the Meeits.
'The step-daughter is not bound by the ties of consanguinity to render her stepfather gratuitous services as a nurse and attendant during illness and decrepitude; hutfor such services she is entitled to compensation.
In case the evidence fairly supports the demand and no countervailing evidence was offered at the trial, this court will not reverse the finding of the district judge.
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Ellis, J.
W. S. Benedict for Miss Edward Anna O’Oonnor, Appellee.
Bernard Titche for H. Abes, Opponent.
Rice & Montgomery for Mrs. Margaret Funnell, Opponent, Appellant.
Motion to Dismiss.
Submitted on briefs June 1, 1896.
Opinion handed down June 15, 1896.
On Merits.
Submitted on briefs November 2, 1896.
Opinion handed down November'16, 1896.
Rehearing refused December 14, 1896.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
H. Abes and Mrs. Funnell filed oppositions to the account of the executor. They appealed from adverse judgments.
The motion to dismiss is on the ground that the transcript is incomplete and the fault is imputable to the appellants. There is an affidavit in the record made by counsel for Abes, that the documents not found in the transcript were never filed, and form no part of the record. One of the documents has reference, exclusively to the opposition of Abes. Without this document he can obtain no reversal of the judgment, if it would bring about such a result. He is in the record with only his opposition. But the record is complete, and the clerk's certificate sufficient.
The failure to file in evidence the judgment of Abes can not affect the appeal of Mrs. Funnell.
The motion to dismiss is denied.