Case Name: WOOD v. MARTIN et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1941-01-13
Citations: 2 So. 2d 665
Docket Number: No. 6274
Parties: WOOD v. MARTIN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 2
Pages: 665–668

Head Matter:
WOOD v. MARTIN et al.
No. 6274.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Second Circuit.
Jan. 13, 1941.
On the Merits May 7, 1941.
M. C. Redmond, of Monroe, for appellants.
C. Elliott Thompson and James H. Dor-mon, both of Monroe, for appellee.

Opinion:
DREW, Judge.
This is a petitory action. Plaintiff contends that the deed upon which he relics for title is a valid deed, transferring the property in question to him and, in the alternative, if it is not good as a deed, it is valid and binding as a donation inter vivos.
After spending much time reviewing the law applicable to the facts in this case, we discovered that although the documents alleged upon by plaintiff for a chain of title were offered in evidence in the lower court, upon request of counsel for plaintiff they were withdrawn and plaintiff was given the privilege of substituting certified copies.
For reasons unknown to us, there are no certified copies in the record and without said deeds or copies, there is nothing upon which we might base a judgment. We assume that plaintiff through oversight neglected to have the copies made and inserted in the record. It was his duty to do so.
We are therefore forced to remand the case to the lower court for the record to be completed. If it is not completed within sixty days, the case is to be returned here and we will take such action in it as the law will justify.