Case Name: WHITE v. MAISON BLANCHE CO. et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1917-10-29
Citations: 142 La. 265
Docket Number: Nos. 22062, 22650
Parties: WHITE v. MAISON BLANCHE CO. et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 265–271

Head Matter:
(76 South. 708)
Nos. 22062, 22650.
WHITE v. MAISON BLANCHE CO. et al.
(Oct. 29, 1917.)
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.'
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
1. Abpeal and Error <&wkey;409 — Citation — Dismissal.
Where plaintiff’s appeal, was perfected May 3, 1917, within year, it was duty of clerk under Code Prac. art. 5S1, to issue citation of appeal, and the fact that citation issued and was served after delays for appeal had expired was no cause for dismissing appeal.
2. Appeal and Ebror &wkey;>395 — Appeal Bond —Attestation—Statute.
Under Act No. 112 of 1916, §§ 3, 9, an appeal will not be dismissed where it is not claimed that appellant was given any notice by appellee of the insufficiency of the bond of appeal either in form or amount.
On the Merits.
(Syllabus by the Gourt.)
3. Master and Servant <&wkey;265(9) — Sabe Place for Work — Burden of Proof.
Where a servant is employed to work upon a scaffold, and without any fault on his part such scaffold collapses, and thereby causes personal injury to him, the burden is upon the master to show that such scaffold was carefully constructed and reasonably safe.
(Additional Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
4. Damages <&wkey;132(l) — Excessive Damages— Personal Injury.
A verdict of $4,000, awarded a mechanic 32 years of age, with an earning capacity of $2 per day for personal injury of a painful and permanent nature, held not excessive.
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George H. Théard, Judge.
Action by Warmoth White against the Maison Blanche Company, and the Maison Blanche Realty Company in solido. Judgment for plaintiff against the Maison Blanche Company, dismissing the suit against the Maison Blanche Realty Company, and the Maison Blanche Company and the plaintiff appeals.
Motion by the Maison Blanche Realty Company to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal overruled, and appeals consolidated, and judgment affirmed.
George J. Untereiner, of New Orleans, for appellant. J. C. Henriques, Solomon Wolff, and Armand Romain, all of New Orleans, for appellees.

Opinion:
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
LECHE, J.
The Maison Blanche Realty Company, one of the defendants in the above matter, moves to dismiss the appeal taken by plaintiff, on the grounds: (1) That it was only cited to answer the appeal, on May 28, 1917, although judgment was rendered May 4, 1916, and the order of appeal was signed May 3, 1917; and (2) that the bond of appeal is not attested and sworn to as required by the provisions of Act 112 of 1916.
(1) Plaintiff's appeal was perfected on May 3,1917, within the year. It then became the duty of the clerk of court to issue citation of appeal (C. P. art. 581), and the mere fact that citation issued and was served after the delays for an appeal had expired is not of itself cause for dismissing the appeal (Haggerty v. Annison, 133 La. 338, 62 South. 946).
(2) Under section 9 of Act 112 of 1916, no appeal shall be dismissed for any inaccuracy or omission in the bond until the party furnishing such bond shall have failed to correct such inaccuracy or omission, which, under section 3 of the same a.ct, he shall have the right to do within two days from service upon him of notice by the adverse party. It is not pretended that appellant was given any notice by appellee of insufficiency of the bond either in form or amount.
Believing, for these reasons, that the motion to dismiss is neither supported by the facts in the record nor by the law of the case, it is overruled.