Winstead v. Nichols

Full title: Jerry WINSTEAD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Adrian NICHOLS, Defendant-Appellee

Court: Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Date published: Dec 2, 1971

255 So. 2d 181 (La. Ct. App. 1971)

Opinion

No. 3696.

December 2, 1971.

APPEAL FROM NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF RAPIDES, GUY E. HUMPHRIES, JR., J.

Ford Nugent by Howard N. Nugent, Jr., Alexandria for plaintiff-appellant.

Gravel, Roy Burnes by James N. Small, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

MILLER, J.

Plaintiff Jerry Winstead appealed the trial court's judgment dismissing this suit at his costs. Appellant did not file a brief in this court and failed to appear when the case was called for argument.

The appeal was therefore abandoned and is hereby dismissed at plaintiff's costs. See Uniform Rules, Courts of Appeal, Rule VII, Section 5(b). Johnson v. Sayes, 231 So.2d 651 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1970).

Appeal dismissed.