Case Name: Mrs. R. A. McKnight, Tutrix, v. A. C. Denouvion
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1870-05
Citations: 22 La. Ann. 373
Docket Number: No. 2810
Parties: Mrs. R. A. McKnight, Tutrix, v. A. C. Denouvion.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 373–374

Head Matter:
No. 2810.
Mrs. R. A. McKnight, Tutrix, v. A. C. Denouvion.
The mere filing of a motion or potition for appeal, with an appeal bond, does not divest ihe* court below of jurisdiction over the case. To invest the appellate court with jurisdiction over the case, an order of appeal must be granted by the lower court.
APPEAL from Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans. Cooley, J.
Cullom & Walsh, for plaintiff and appellant. Charvet & Du,plan-tier, for defendant and appellee.

Opinion:
Wyly, J.
The defendant moves to dismiss this appeal, taken by the plaintiff, on the following grounds, viz:
First — There is no order of appeal.
Second — The judge did not fix the amount of the appeal bond.
Third — The surety on the injunction bond has not been made party to the appeal.
We find in the record the following motion for appeal:
" Now, by her counsel, comes the plaintiff, and moves the court for a suspensive appeal from the judgment rendered in the above cause, returnable to the Supreme Court second Monday of April, 1870."
(Signed) " Cullom & Walsh,"
"of Counsel."
The motion evidently does not contain an order of appeal.
We find no order of appeal in the record. The mere filing of a motion for appeal with, an appeal bond, does not divest the court below of jurisdiction and invest the same in this court. The order of appeal is essential, it matters not in what form the application is made — whether by motion or by petition.
Let the appeal be dismissed at appellant's costs.