Case Name: LESTER v. BURNETT
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1922-03-27
Citations: 150 La. 969
Docket Number: No. 24711
Parties: LESTER v. BURNETT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 969–971

Head Matter:
(91 South. 411)
No. 24711.
LESTER v. BURNETT.
(March 27, 1922.)
(Byllabtis by Editorial Staff.)
Courts <&wkey;224( 10) — Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of suit in damages for $1,750.
The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of a suit in damages for $1,750.
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Wynne G. Rogers, Judge.
Action by Oscar J. Lester against John P. Burnett. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Transferred to. the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans.
Louis Henry Burns, of New Orleans, for appellant.
H. W. Robinson, of New Orleans, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
By Division A, composed of Chief Justice PROVOSTY and Justices OVERTON and LECHE.
PROYOSTT, C. J.
Tliis suit being in damages, and for only $1,750, tliis court has not jurisdiction of it.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged, and decreed that this case be transferred to the court of appeal for the parish of Orleans, and that the appellant pay the costs of this court.