MILES v. PETERSON

No. 10970.

378 So.2d 558 (1979)

Mrs. Brenda MILES, widow of Alfred Bartholomew, Jr. v. John PETERSON, Victor Phillip, Joseph Phillip, Phillip Brothers Truck Service, Inc., and New York Fire and Marine Underwriters, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jobe & Gurley, Ronald K. Gurley, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Christovich & Kearney, W. K. Christovich, Paul G. Preston, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and CHEHARDY, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

We dismiss this appeal. Uniform Rules— Courts of Appeal Rule 7, Section 5 authorizes us to dismiss an appeal in which one year has passed without any steps having been taken to further its prosecution.

The judgment from which this appeal was taken was signed October 30, 1973 and an order of appeal was signed and an appeal bond posted within the time then allowed by law to perfect a devolutive appeal. On March 2, 1977 this court denied...

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