COLLEY v. CANAL BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 11762.

159 F.2d 153 (1947)

COLLEY et al. v. CANAL BANK & TRUST CO. et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McCall, of New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Alfred C. Kammer, Leonard B. Levy, Walter M. Barnett, Jr., and Harry B. Kelleher, all of New Orleans, La., for respondents.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are in a consolidation for trial of two similar suits brought by appellants on November 29, 1941, against the appellees, and are taken from a judgment dismissing them because barred by prescription of one year under the Civil Code of Louisiana, Article 3536. We find it necessary to examine only the question of prescription.

The plaintiffs are sisters who until the time of suit were living with their father in Alabama and...

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