Case Name: TOWN OF AMITE CITY v. CENTRAL LOUISIANA POWER CO.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1927-10-31
Citations: 164 La. 685
Docket Number: No. 28909
Parties: TOWN OF AMITE CITY v. CENTRAL LOUISIANA POWER CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 164
Pages: 685–685

Head Matter:
(114 So. 594)
No. 28909.
TOWN OF AMITE CITY v. CENTRAL LOUISIANA POWER CO.
Oct. 31, 1927.
Purser & Magruder, of Amite, for appellant.
Shelby S. Reid, of Amite, for appellee.

Opinion:
O'NIELL, C. J.
This is a suspensive appeal from .an order granting a temporary injunction. The testimony heard on the trial of the rule to show cause why the injunction should not issue was not reduced to writing or taken down stenographically; and, although the record was filed in this court more than ten days ago, the appellant has not filed an assignment of errors. For that reason the plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal.
Article 897 of the Code of Practice provides that, where there is no record of the testimony or statement of facts, and where, therefore, the appellant relies upon what he deems to be an error of law appearing on the face of the record, he must, within ten days after the record is brought up, file an assignment of errors, stating specifically what errors he complains of; otherwise the appeal shall be rejected.
It is not necessary to decide whether, in any and every civil case presenting only questions of law appearing on the face of the record, a failure of the appellant to file an assignment of errors within ten days is a cause for dismissing the appeal. This appeal is from an order granting a preliminary injunction, and the record does not furnish any information as to whether the injunction should or should not have been issued. No good purpose could be served by overruling the motion to dismiss and affirming the order or judgment appealed from. The attorneys for the appellant seem to realize that that is the condition of the record, for they have not filed a brief or otherwise opposed the motion to dismiss.
The appeal is dismissed.