Case Name: FREDERICKS vs. KELLAR
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1838-03
Citations: 12 La. 47
Docket Number: 
Parties: FREDERICKS vs. KELLAR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 47–48

Head Matter:
FREDERICKS vs. KELLAR.
Eastern Dist.
March 1838.
ArrEAL FROM TIIE PARISH COURT EO’R THE PARISH AND CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS.
Where the certificate of the clerk states only that the record contains “ a true copy of all the papers found in the case,” &c., and there is no bill of exceptions, statement of facts, or assignment of errors, the appeal will be dismissed.
This case was brought up by the defendant, as appellant from a judgment against him. The facts on which the appeal was dismissed, are fully stated in the opinion of the court, which follows.
Where the certificate of the clerk states only thatthe record contains itatrue copy of allthepa-pers found in the case,” etc., and there is no hill of exceptions, statement offacts or assignments of errors, the appeal will be dismissed.
M^illen, for the plaintiff,
moved to dismiss the appeal, for want of the testimony on which the case was tried in the court below.
2. The plaintiff’s counsel further urged, that it clearly appeared the appeal was taken for delay, and was frivolous, and that ten per cent, damages should be awarded,
Jones, contra.

Opinion:
Carleton, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
A motion is made by appellee's counsel in this case,, to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the record contains no written testimony or statement of facts, by which the court are enabled to examine the merits of the case.
The certificate of the clerk, affixed to the record, is in the following words; " I do hereby certify, that the above twenty-four pages contain a true copy of all the papers found in the case,, wherein A. Fredericks is plaintiff and John Kellar is defendant, instituted in this court, and now on the records thereof, under the number 8786,"
It is plain, that this certificate is altogether defective ; and though it may be true, yet it does not follow that the record contains all the evidence adduced by the parties. Code of Practice, article 896.
There is, moreover, no bill of exceptions, statement of facts, or assignment of errors to be found in the record.
It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged and' decreed, that the appeal be dismissed, the appellant paying costs in both courts.