West v. State Boat Corp.
Decision Date | 10 January 1984 |
Docket Number | No. 83-994,83-994 |
Citation | 443 So.2d 1171 |
Parties | Michael Kevin WEST and his Wife, Connie West, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE BOAT CORPORATION and National Fleet Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. |
Court | Court of Appeal of Louisiana — District of US |
McClain, Morgan & Savoy, Robert E. Morgan, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray & Hoffman, P.C., Brian G. Meissner, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.
Before GUIDRY, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.
MOTION TO DISMISS
This court ex proprio motu issued an order for the appellants, Michael Kevin West and Connie West, to show cause why their appeal should not be dismissed inasmuch as it appeared from the record that their appeal was untimely under LSA C.C.P. Art. 2087.
The formal judgment in this case was signed on June 2, 1983, and, on the same day, a copy of the judgment was sent to all counsel of record. The Wests did not file a motion for a new trial. The Wests obtained an order granting them a devolutive appeal on August 15, 1983.
The Wests contend that their appeal was timely filed. They argue that the applicable delay of LSA C.C.P. Art. 1974 began on June 6, 1983, (Monday) since the judgment was signed on June 2, 1983, and June 3, 1983 (Friday), June 4, 1983, (Saturday) and June 5, 1983 (Sunday) were holidays. The Wests state that June 3, Confederate Memorial Day, is a holiday enumerated in LSA R.S. 1:55.
Louisiana Civil Code of Procedure Article 2087 provides, in pertinent part:
Except as otherwise provided in this Article or by other law, an appeal which does not suspend the effect or the execution of an appealable order or judgment may be taken within sixty days of:
(1) The expiration of the delay for applying for a new trial, as provided by Article 1974, if no application has been filed timely;
Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 1974 provides:
The Second Circuit stated in Consolidated Marketing, Inc. v. Busi, 256 So.2d 695 (La.App. 2nd Cir.1972):
"Holidays, as contemplated by LSA C.C.P. Art. 1974, anticipate and include holidays designated or provided for by LSA R.S. 1:55 or by other appropriate state law."
Further, the First Circuit adopted the view as their own in Brown on Behalf of State v. Bernard, 374 So.2d 127 (La.App. 1st Cir.1979).
Included among the provisions of LSA R.S. 1:55 is:
Accordingly, we find that June 3, Confederate Memorial Day, is a legal holiday within the contemplation of LSA...
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