Case Name: Henriette Henri vs. Francis Francincues et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1879-12
Citations: 31 La. 856
Docket Number: No. 7527
Parties: Henriette Henri vs. Francis Francincues et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 856–858

Head Matter:
No. 7527.
Henriette Henri vs. Francis Francincues et al.
This Court is without jurisdiction where the amount involved is less than $500. Where the testimony in the lower court was not reduced to writing, and no statement of facts was agreed on by the counsel of the parties, and the judge who tried the ease could, on being applied to,‘give a vague and general impression only of the testimony, the appeal must be dismissed,
^PPEAL from the Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans. Rightor,
A. & W. Voorhies for plaintiff and appellant.
Frank D. Chretien and Octave Morel for defendants and appellees.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Manning, O. J.
The dismissal of this appeal is moved on two grounds;
1. want of jurisdiction rationematerice.
2. absence of the oral testimony adduced on the trial.
Either is good. The amount involved is less than five hundred dollars. No portion of the oral testimony was taken in writing. The counsel fdr both parties were unable to agree on a statement of facts, and the judge, upon being required to do so, was unable after the lapse of many "weeks after the trial to retain more than a vague and general impression of the testimony. The consequence is that the record does not contain the evidence upon which the judgment is founded, and we are thus unable to review it.
This has often been held to be good ground of dismissal. Boller v. Day, 16 La. 251. Roberts v. Benton, 1 Rob. 100. Clark v. Laidlaw, 4 Rob. 380. Thayer v. Littlefield, 5 Rob. 152.
Appeal dismissed.