STATE EX REL. SHIELDS, INC. v. SOUTHPORT PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF DEL.

No. 20449.

78 So.2d 201 (1955)

STATE ex rel. SHIELDS, Inc. v. SOUTHPORT PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Orleans.

February 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin W. Edwards, Crowley, for plaintiff-appellant.

Clay & Coleman, James J. Coleman, New Orleans, for appellee.


REGAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Shields, Inc., from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Southport Petroleum Corporation of Delaware, dismissing its suit for failure to take any steps in the prosecution thereof for a period of five years.

A careful analysis of the record reveals that the amount involved in this appeal exceeds the sum of $2,000. We are, therefore, without jurisdiction and exercising the authority vested in this Court by virtue...

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