Case Name: F. P. Martinez v. The New Orleans City Railroad Company
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1871-01
Citations: 23 La. Ann. 28
Docket Number: No. 2186
Parties: F. P. Martinez v. The New Orleans City Railroad Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 28–28

Head Matter:
No. 2186.
F. P. Martinez v. The New Orleans City Railroad Company.
In a caso where the transcript of appeal is incomplete, on account of the record not containing ' the evidence offered on trial in the court a qua, and the fault is not imputable to the appellant, the cause will be remanded for a now trial do novo.
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans.
JDuplantier, J. Cotton & Levy, for plaintiff and appellee.
William M. Hunt and L. A. Bradford, for appellants.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
On the application of the defendant, and upon proof that the transcript of appeal did not contain any portion of the testimony of the witnesses who were sworn and examined and who gave their testimony in the case upon the trial thereof, and that the same was reduced to writing, a mandate of this court was issued, addressed to the clerk of the Sixth District Court, directing him to correct the transcript or show cause why he could not do so.
In obedience to this writ, the clerk of the Sixth District Court has certified that the testimony, taken and reduced to writing in the case, can not be found, although strict search has been made, and that the evidence was not in the clerk's office at the time when the transcript of appeal was made.
It is impossible to examine the case, on its merits, without having before us the evidence upon which it was decided.
The fault for this condition of the case does not appear to be attributable to the appellant, and justice demands that the case should be remanded for a new trial.
It is therefore ordered that this case be remanded to the court a qiia, to be tried de novo.