Case Name: State ex rel. Alexis Ribet v. Judge of the Third District Court, parish of Orleans
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1875-11
Citations: 27 La. 684
Docket Number: No. 5855
Parties: State ex rel. Alexis Ribet v. Judge of the Third District Court, parish of Orleans.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 684–684

Head Matter:
No. 5855.
State ex rel. Alexis Ribet v. Judge of the Third District Court, parish of Orleans.
2To complaint being made as to the sufficiency of tlie surety, the district judge dismissed tlie appeal mainly upon tbe ground that the matter in controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars. After granting the appeal, his jurisdiction over the case, except as regards the sufficiency and legality of the bond, was gone.
Application for a writ of prohibition against the judge of the Third District Court, parish of Orleans.
Charles L/ouque, for relator. Judge Lynch, respondent, in propria persona.

Opinion:
Morgan, J.
Relator applied for and obtained a suspensive appeal from a judgment rendered by the judge of the Third District Court.
No complaint is made as to the sufficiency of the surety. The district judge dismissed the appeal mainly upon the ground that the matter in controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars. After granting the appeal his jurisdiction over the case, except as regards the sufficiency and legality of the bond, was gone.
The rule ordering liim to desist from any further proceeding in the case, and commanding him to send up the record to this court, is made peremptory.