Case Name: Mary Engelman, Wife, etc., vs. Edward D. Coco, Administrator
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1890-07
Citations: 42 La. 923
Docket Number: No. 1390
Parties: Mary Engelman, Wife, etc., vs. Edward D. Coco, Administrator.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 923–924

Head Matter:
No. 1390.
Mary Engelman, Wife, etc., vs. Edward D. Coco, Administrator.
Where tlie sole heir to a succession and all the creditors make an extra judicial settlement of the succession and involve its affairs in confusion, this court will leave them where they have placed themselves and dismiss the suit.
PPEAL from the Twelfth District Oourt, Parish of Avoyelles. Blackman, J.
W. Hall and John C. Wickliffe for Opponent and Appellee.
Thorpe & Peterman for Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The appellees ñle a motion to dismiss this appeal on the ground that an order of appeal had been granted in open court to the Oourt of Appeals, and that the District Oourt was without jurisdiction to grant an order of appeal on petition to this court.
There had been no appeal bond filed when the order of appeal had been granted to the Oourt of Appeals. The order of appeal to the Circuit Oourt had been granted in error. It had no jurisdiction ratione materise. This court was the proper one to which the appeal should have been made returnable. The first order of appeal could be set aside, having been granted in error, by a second order making the appeal returnable to this court.
The motion to dismiss is denied.