Case Name: Irvin J. SAVOY et ux., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jane DOE et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1975-07-03
Citations: 315 So. 2d 875
Docket Number: No. 5050
Parties: Irvin J. SAVOY et ux., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jane DOE et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before FRUGÉ, MILLER and DO-MENEGEAUX, Judges.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 315
Pages: 875–876

Head Matter:
Irvin J. SAVOY et ux., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jane DOE et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 5050.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
July 3, 1975.
Piccione & Piccione by Peter C. Pic-cione, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.
L. H. Olivier, Lafayette, Roy & Forrest by L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, for defendants-appellees.
Before FRUGÉ, MILLER and DO-MENEGEAUX, Judges.

Opinion:
MILLER, Judge.
Plaintiff Irvin Savoy appeals the judgment assessing him with half the court costs related to the dismissal of defendant Protective National Insurance Company of Omaha's motion for summary judgment. We dismiss the appeal.
This is a companion case to Rushing v. Protective National Insurance Insurance Company of Omaha, 315 So.2d 876 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1975), which is being handed down this date.
The denial of Protective National's motion for summary judgment in this case is not a final judgment. An appeal does not lie from the court's refusal to render summary judgment. LSA-C.C.P. art. 968; Batson v. Time, Inc., 298 So.2d 100 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1974); Cardean, Inc. v. Cannon, 307 So.2d 818 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1975).
The fixing of costs should not be determined prior to final adjudication of the suit. Small v. Zacharie, 4 Rob. 144 (1843). See also: Parkerson v. Borst, 256 F. 827 (5th Cir., 1919).
This court is not required to review the assessment of costs prior to an appeal on the merits. Small v. Zacharie, supra; Parkerson v. Borst, supra. We therefore dismiss the appeal ex proprio motu. Costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiff.
Appeal dismissed.