Case Name: In the Matter of ADOPTION OF Joe Brian WILLIAMS
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1976-03-16
Citations: 328 So. 2d 750
Docket Number: No. 7251
Parties: In the Matter of ADOPTION OF Joe Brian WILLIAMS.
Judges: Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and STOULIG, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 750–750

Head Matter:
In the Matter of ADOPTION OF Joe Brian WILLIAMS.
No. 7251.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
March 16, 1976.
Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer & Pierson, John C. Christian, Elizabeth Ridnour Haak, New Orleans, for appellants.
A. M. Trudeau, Jr., New Orleans, for appellee.
Before SAMUEL, BOUTALL and STOULIG, JJ.

Opinion:
STOULIG, Judge.
A review of the proceedings discloses, and supplemental briefs confirm, there was no signed judgment (an indispensable prerequisite for a valid appeal) when the record was lodged in this court. (Pearce ex rel. Livestock Sanitary Board v. Johnson, 250 So.2d 567 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1971): and Mossler Acceptance Co. v. Moliere, 181 So. 228 [Orl.La.App.1938]). Accordingly we dismiss this appeal without prejudice.
APPEAL DISMISSED.