This case having been called for argument in the manner and at - the time prescribed in the Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal, Rule V, Section 4, and the appellant having neither appeared nor filed a brief prior to the time the case was called for argument, the appeal is considered abandoned and is dismissed at appellants’ cost. Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 2162 and Uniform Rules, Courts of Appeal, Rule VII, Section 5(b).