SCHOTT, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment "entered orally" but never signed by the trial court. On the court's own motion, appellants were ordered to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed.
Every final judgment shall be signed by the judge, and no appeal may be taken from a final judgment unless this requirement has been fulfilled. LA C.C.P. art. 1911. Appellants concede that the absence of a signed judgment is fatal to their appeal...
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