The appellants did not appear in person or through counsel when this case was called for argument on the date it had been docketed for hearing, and no brief was filed in their behalf. The appeal, therefore, is considered abandoned, and, accordingly, the appeal is hereby dismissed. Beaver v. Employers Liability Assurance Corporation, 218 So.2d 677 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1969). Rule VII, § 5(b), Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal (1963), 8 LSA-R.S. page 392.

The costs of this appeal are assessed to defendants-appellants.

Appeal dismissed.