U.S. FIRE INS. CO. v. SWANN

No. 82-C-1143.

424 So.2d 240 (1982)

U.S. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Ellen Tooley SWANN, individually and as administratrix of the Succession of Francis E. Swann.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. RePass, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for relator.

Edward A. Shamis, Jr., Shamis, Jolissaint & McCreary, Slidell, Leonard A. Young, Beinvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, for respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs in this case to consider whether the Court of Appeal, 411 So.2d 1173 (1982), erred when it dismissed as untimely an appeal by Ellen Tooley Swann1 from a district court judgment against Ms. Swann and in favor of U.S. Fire Insurance Company. For the reasons which follow we determine that Swann did timely appeal the pertinent judgment in U.S. Fire's favor, and that accordingly...

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