Case Name: Richard Johnson v. John A. Gennisson.-E. M. Ivens, Appellant
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-06
Citations: 20 La. 511
Docket Number: No. 1638
Parties: Richard Johnson v. John A. Gennisson.—E. M. Ivens, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 511–511

Head Matter:
No. 1638.
Richard Johnson v. John A. Gennisson.—E. M. Ivens, Appellant.
An appeal taken from a judgment, not signed by the District Judge, will be dismissed 'x proprio motu,
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court of New Orleans, Duplantier, J.
J. Livingston and Field <li Shackelford, for plaintiff and appellee.
Lacey, Marks & Duller, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Labatjve, J.
E. M. Ivens is appellant from a judgment, rendered against him as surety on an appeal bond.
The record shows that the judgment appealed from was not signed.
It is now well-settled by our jurisprudence, that no i.ppeal lies from a judgment before it is signed; in such a case the judgment is inchoate, and the appeal premature. O. P., Arts. 546, 555, 558. IN. S., 89. 7 L. 513. 9 L. 275. 18 L. 30. 4 R. 451. 9 A. 42. 12 A. 756. 19 A. 291.
So long as a judgment is not signed, a motion for a new trial may be made and allowed. 5 N. S. 320. 4 R. 152.
Under these authorities, it is considered that the judgment is pending below, and although no motion have been made to dismiss the appeal, we consider that we have no jurisdiction to revise the judgment, and that we are bound ex proprio motu, to dismiss the appeal.
.Appeal dismissed, at appellant's costs.