Case Name: F. BRIGNAC JR. VS. ANCIGET BOURGEOIS
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1909-06-16
Citations: 6 Teiss. 384
Docket Number: No. 4746
Parties: F. BRIGNAC JR. VS. ANCIGET BOURGEOIS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Decisions, Court of Appeal, parish of Orleans (Teissier)
Volume: 6
Pages: 384–385

Head Matter:
No. 4746.
Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans,
F. BRIGNAC JR. VS. ANCIGET BOURGEOIS.
ON MOTION TO DISMISS.
The judge should fix the day on which the appeal is returnable (O. p. 574), hut where this is not done, the appeal is returnable on the next return day after the appeal is taken.
Appeal dismissed.
Appeal from the Twenty-seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of St. James.
H. Kenner, Attorney for Appellant.
R. McCulloh, Attorney for Appellee.

Opinion:
ST. PAUL, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of non-suit.
June 16, 1909.
The order of appeal was signed January 28, 1909, but no return day was fixed, the appeal being made returnable "according to law "
The transcript was lodged in this Court only on March 8, 1909.
The District Judge should have- fixed the return day (C. P. 574), but not having done so, the transcript should have been lodged here on the next return day of this, Court, which was the second Monday in February, 1909 (Dejean vs. Stelly, 13 An. 665; Coudroy vs. Pecot, 51 An. 495).
If for any reason the transcript could not be obtained in time, the appellant should have applied to this court for an extension of time, and such further relief as the circumstances of the case might require.