Case Name: In re The GULF OXYGEN-WELDERS SUPPLY PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1974-03-25
Citations: 291 So. 2d 887
Docket Number: No. 4435
Parties: In re The GULF OXYGEN-WELDERS SUPPLY PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant.
Judges: Before FRUGÉ, DOMENGEAUX and WATSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 291
Pages: 887–892

Head Matter:
In re The GULF OXYGEN-WELDERS SUPPLY PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT, Plaintiff-Appellant.
No. 4435.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
March 25, 1974.
Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh, by H. Gayle Marshall and Edwin K. Hunter, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.
Before FRUGÉ, DOMENGEAUX and WATSON, JJ.

Opinion:
WATSON, Judge.
The Calcasieu-Marine National Bank of Lake Charles, trustee of the Gulf Oxygen-Welders Supply Profit Sharing Plan and Trust Agreement, applied to the district court of Calcasieu Parish for instructions pursuant to LSA-R.S. 9:2233(B). The trustee sought authoritative instructions as to the proper disposition of certain trust funds. The district court dismissed the petition of the trustee for lack of jurisdiction, by holding that LSA-R.S. 9:2233(B) is unconstitutional.
The district court said in its judgment:
"Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2233(B) . contravenes Article H and Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana insofar as that statute ap pears to authorize the rendition of advisory opinions to trustees by Louisiana Courts;" (TR. 51).
From the adverse judgment, the trustee has appealed to this court. However, this court does not have appellate jurisdiction of the case in its present posture since the Louisiana Supreme Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over cases in which a law of this state has been declared unconstitutional. Article VII, Section 10(2), Louisiana Constitution.
For the above and foregoing reasons it is ordered that this case be transferred to the Supreme Court, the transfer to be made within sixty days after this decree has become final; otherwise the appeal is to be dismissed. The appellant is to pay all costs of this appeal and the costs of transferring the case to the Supreme Court. LSA-C.C.P. art. 2162; LSA-R.S. 13:4441-4442; Acosta v. Board of Commissioners of Lake Borgne Basin Levee District, 201 So.2d 19 (La.App. 4 Cir. 1967); affirmed 251 La. 789, 206 So.2d 496 (1968); Stream v. Louisiana State Collector of Revenue, 288 So.2d 926 (La. App. 1 Cir. 1973).
Appeal transferred to the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Frugé, J., concurred with written reasons.