77 So. 644 | La. | 1918
Relators complain that the Court of Appeal fixed their case for a day which did not allow the three days’ notice required by the rules of that court, and for a week in which, under the same rules, cases of that kind (appeals from the city court) are not triable.
The said rules read:
“Appeals from city courts shall be posted and set for trial in the off weeks of the session; that is to say, in weeks not devoted to the other business of the court.
“Whenever an appeal from the city court is tried by one judge, he may reserve for consideration by the whole bench any question of law arising therein; the question to be stated by him in writing, or prepared by counsel for both parties at his request, and counsel to have the right to argue same on a day to be assigned for that purpose.
“The court may, at its discretion, set down for trial any city court appeal, three days’ notice of said fixing to be first given the adverse party or his counsel.
“Appeals from landlord and tenant cases shall be immediately set down by the clerk for trial during the next city court week, three days’ notice thereof to be given the appellant or his counsel.”
When the delay, within which a certain thing is to be done is such that it does not necessarily include Sunday, Sunday is ex-
The writ of prohibition is therefore made peremptory, and the said case is ordered to be fixed, and tried in accordance with the said rules.