HENRY v. STEPHENS

No. 1311.

169 So.2d 422 (1964)

Carl P. HENRY, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O. R. STEPHENS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cunningham & Cunningham, by W. Peyton Cunningham, Natchitoches, Gist, Gist, Methvin & Trimble, by DeWitt T. Methvin, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stafford & Pitts, by John L. Pitts, Alexandria, for defendants-appellees.

Before TATE, SAVOY and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from judgment dismissing his action on the ground that no steps had been taken in its prosecution or defense for a period of more than five years.

The record reveals that the case was tried on April 2, 1958, and that the plaintiff did not file his trial brief until July 15, 1963, or more than five years later. The plaintiff contends, however, that the present action was not abandoned because his brief was filed within five...

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