Case Name: STATE et al. ex rel. CONNELLY, Sheriff, v. SCRUTO
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1911-06-05
Citations: 128 La. 960
Docket Number: No. 18,404
Parties: STATE et al. ex rel. CONNELLY, Sheriff, v. SCRUTO.
Judges: SOMMERVILLE, J., takes no part herein.
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 959–959

Head Matter:
(55 South. 590.)
No. 18,404.
STATE et al. ex rel. CONNELLY, Sheriff, v. SCRUTO.
(June 5, 1911.)
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
Appeal and Error (§ 365*) — Return Day-Failure of Judge to Fix.
Under Act No. 92 of 1900, providing that the judge shall fix the return day in the order granting the appeal, where no return day was fixed, the order for appeal was ineffective.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Dec. Dig. § 365.*]
Appeal from Twentieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne; W. P. Martin, Judge.
Action by the State and Parish of Terrebonne, on the relation of A. W. Connelly, Sheriff and Tax Collector, against Charles Scruto. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals.
Dismissed.
Harris Gagne, for appellant. Hugh M. Wallis, Jr., for appellee.

Opinion:
PROVOSTY, J.
Appellee has moved to dismiss the appeal in this case, on the ground that no return day was fixed in the order granting the appeal, and that appellant suffered more than 60 days to elapse before filing the transcript in this court.
Act 92, p. 150, of 1900, provides that:
"The judge shall fix the return day in the order granting the appeal, which shall not be less than fifteen days nor more than sixty days from the date of the order."
No return day having been fixed by the judge, as required by said act, the order for appeal was ineffective. Salles v. Jacquet, 106 La. 643, 31 South. 153.
Appeal dismissed.
SOMMERVILLE, J., takes no part herein.