Alexander v. Hancock Bank

Louisiana Court of Appeal
Alexander v. Hancock Bank, 241 So. 2d 810 (1970)
1970 La. App. LEXIS 4796
Culpep, Culpepper, Hood, Savoy

Alexander v. Hancock Bank

Opinion of the Court

MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this suit against the Hancock Bank, domiciled in Gulfport, Mississippi, for damages for the illegal seizure and sale of a Cadillac vehicle on which it held a mortgage.

Defendant filed an exception to the Court’s jurisdiction over the person. The trial court overruled the exception. Defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff-appellee filed a motion to dismiss this appeal under LSA-C.C.P. Article 2083 which reads as follows :

“An appeal may be taken from a final judgment rendered in causes in which appeals are given by law whether rendered after hearing or by default, and from an interlocutory judgment which may cause irreparable injury.”

Our jurisprudence is established that a judgment overruling an exception to jurisdiction over the person is interlocutory and, in the absence of irreparable injury, is not appealable. Woodcock v. Crehan, La.App., 28 So.2d 61 (1st Cir. 1946) ; Gierczic v. Gierczic, La.App., 150 So.2d 84, 86 (4th Cir. 1963). No irreparable injury is shown here.

For the reasons assigned, the motion to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is hereby dismissed at defendant-appellant’s cost.

Appeal dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
W. Ray ALEXANDER v. HANCOCK BANK
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published