Rapides Merchants Ass'n v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
Rapides Merchants Ass'n v. Rapides Parish Police Jury
Opinion of the Court
ON RECONSIDERATION EX PROPRIO MOTU MOTION TO DISMISS
We dismissed, ex proprio motu, the plaintiff-appellant’s appeal in the above captioned case, due to appellant’s failure to follow Section 1 of our internal rules which required the appellant’s brief be filed within 60 calendar days after the date of filing of the transcript of appeal.
The appellant has filed a Motion to Reconsider our order of dismissal. We deny appellant’s motion.
Appellant argues that his failure to file his brief timely was due to a misunderstanding between appellant’s counsel and the clerk’s office as to when appellant’s brief was due. Our examination of the facts reveals this allegation to be incorrect. Although prior to the filing of the appeal there were discussions between counsel for the appellant and the clerk’s office as to whether the appeal was taken pursuant to Title 18 or Title 26 of the Revised Statutes,
Appellant further argues that this appeal was dismissed without any prior notice, This allegation we find is not correct. On January 25, 1982 counsel for the appellant was sent a letter informing him that his brief had not yet been received and therefore not timely filed, and specifically called counsel’s attention to our internal rule im
As to appellant’s last argument, that his counsel and the clerk had conversations concerning this case, we find such allegation to be true but all such conversations occurred prior to the 60 days having passed.
Appellant having failed to timely file his brief under our internal rule, even after having been warned of the consequences of his failure to do so, its appeal is hereby dismissed.
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- RAPIDES MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY
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