36 So. 2d 713 | La. | 1948
This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from a judgment ordering an accounting.
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant for the liquidation of communnity property and asked for an accounting from the defendant of his administration of the property. The defendant was ruled to show cause why he should not render the accounting, to which the defendant excepted on the grounds that the community had been re-established by a reconciliation between the parties that nullified the separation from bed and board. The exception was overruled and, on trial of the rule, the defendant was ordered to render an accounting. The defendant has appealed. The plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this Court is without jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from an interlocutory order or judgment that works no irreparable injury.
A decree of separation from bed and board carries with it a dissolution of the community which is not re-established by the reconciliation of the parties. It was pointed out in Crochet v. Dugas,
A judgment ordering an accounting is not a final or definitive judgment. It is an interlocutory order or judgment and such as would work no irreparable injury. Benham Ziegler Co., Inc. v. Mouledoux,
A motion to dismiss an appeal founded on the want of a legal right to the appeal may be made at any time. Such appeal may be dismissed by the court ex proprio motui. Sample v. Wheless,
The defendant contends that the motion to dismiss the appeal was not filed within three days after the filing of the transcript of appeal and that it should not be considered. He cites Askew v. Parker,
For the reasons assigned, the appeal is dismissed at appellant's cost.