Case Name: STATE ex rel. WOOD et al. v. DAVIS-WOOD LUMBER CO.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1953-04-27
Citations: 65 So. 2d 124
Docket Number: No. 40874
Parties: STATE ex rel. WOOD et al. v. DAVIS-WOOD LUMBER CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 65
Pages: 124–124

Head Matter:
223 La. 161
STATE ex rel. WOOD et al. v. DAVIS-WOOD LUMBER CO.
No. 40874.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 27, 1953.
Archie M. Suthon, New Orleans, and Philip. E. Pfeffer, Covington, for defendant-appellant.
Raymond H. Saal, Covington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
On joint motion of counsel for appellant-respondent, Davis-Wood, Lumber Company, and counsel for appellee-relator, Mrs. Winnie Davis Wood, et al., and the showing that this Court lacks appellate jurisdiction in this case as the record fails to' affirmatively disclose the amount in dispute exceeds $2,000, see Louisiana Board of Pharmacy v. Smith, 221 La. 1026, 61 So.2d 513, and cases cited therein; Adger v. Oliver, 222 La. 793, 64 So.2d 6.
By virtue of the authority vested in this Court by LSA-R.S. 13:4441, 13:4442, it is ordered that this case be transferred to, the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, the transfer to be made within 30 days after thi9 decree has become final; otherwise the appeal is to be dismissed; the appellant to pay the costs of the , appeal to this Court and the costs pf transferring the case to the Court of Appeal; all other costs, to await the final disposition of the case-