Case Name: Rick D. MERCHANT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George B. MOWAD, M. D., et al., Defendants-Appellants
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1978-05-03
Citations: 357 So. 2d 919
Docket Number: No. 6580
Parties: Rick D. MERCHANT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George B. MOWAD, M. D., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and FORET, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 357
Pages: 919–919

Head Matter:
Rick D. MERCHANT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George B. MOWAD, M. D., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
No. 6580.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
May 3, 1978.
Preston N. Aucoin, Ville Platte, for defendants-appellants.
Ernest R. Eldred, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before DOMENGEAUX, WATSON and FORET, JJ.

Opinion:
DOMENGEAUX, Judge.
MOTION TO DISMISS
George B. Mowad, M. D., the defendant-appellant, moves for leave of this court to abandon his appeal and obtain its dismissal. The motion is unopposed.
We grant the motion to dismiss.
Rule VII, Section 3 of the Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal provides in pertinent part that:
"In the absence of a timely answer to the appeal or other formal action to amend or modify the judgment appealed, the appellant alone may, by his formal Motion to Dismiss, on leave of the court, forthwith abandon his appeal and obtain a dismissal."
Since an answer to the appeal has not been filed, nor has any other formal action to amend or modify the judgment appealed been taken, the appeal is hereby dismissed at defendant-appellant's costs.
APPEAL DISMISSED.