Case Name: Magdalena Laicher, Tutrix, Christoph Laicher, Co-Tutor, vs. New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1876-03
Citations: 28 La. Ann. 320
Docket Number: No. 4643
Parties: Magdalena Laicher, Tutrix, Christoph Laicher, Co-Tutor, vs. New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 28
Pages: 320–322

Head Matter:
No. 4643.
Magdalena Laicher, Tutrix, Christoph Laicher, Co-Tutor, vs. New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad Company.
The fault in not fixing tho return day is not attributable to the appellant. It was an error oí the judge, and the appeal can not be dismissed on account thereof.
It is well settled that where there is contributivo negligence, damages can not be recovered. In this case, conceding there wás a want of proper prudence and care on tho part of tho employees of the. company in giving the usual signals of the approach of thetrain, which is not clearly rstablished, still the negligence of him in whose behalf damages are claimed contributed to the unfortunate result and precludes him from recovery.
APPEAL from the Second Judicial District Court, parish of Jefferson. Pardee, J. Jury trial.
TP. Z?. Hyman, N. Commandeur, and O. TT. Besangon, for plaintiff and appellee.
L. E. Simonds, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
Wyly, J.
The plaintiff moves to dismiss this appeal because tho transcript was not filed in this court within three judicial days from the return day.
It appears that on tho twentieth ofj December, 1872, the defendant filed a petition for appeal, and the judge, in granting the order, omitted to fix a return day. Subsequently, to wit: on the eighth of March, 1873, he made an order fixing the return day on the third Monday of March, 1873, at which time the transcript was filed in this court.
The fault in not fixing the return day is not attributable to the appellant. It was an error of the judge, and the appeal can not be dismissed on account thereof. Revised Statutes of 1870, section 36.
The motion to dismiss is therefore denied. 10 An. 779.