Opinion
No. 2241.
February 28, 1968.
APPEAL FROM FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LAFAYETTE PARISH, CHARLES T. EVERETT, J.
Fredric G. Hayes, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.
Voorhies, Labbe, Fontenot, Leonard McGlasson, by Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.
Before SAVOY, CULPEPPER and LEAR, JJ.
The appellant did not appear in person or through counsel when this case was called for argument on the date it had been docketed for hearing, and no brief has been filed in his behalf. The appeal, therefore, is considered as having been abandoned, and accordingly, the appeal is hereby dismissed. Rule VII, Section 5(b), Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal, 8 LSA-R.S.; Broussard v. Thibodeaux, (La.App., 3 Cir., 1967), 200 So.2d 790, and authorities cited therein. The costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiff-appellant. LSA-C.C.P. Article 2164.
Appeal dismissed.