McMahon v. Bresch

MONROE, C. J. Plaintiff prosecutes this appeal from a judgment rejecting his demand for $10,000 damages alleged' to have been caused by defendant’s minor son; his allegations upon that subject being, in substance, as follows: That on two occasions (dates given) the minor placed tacks on the driveway leading to plaintiff’s garage, which caused punctures in the tires of plaintiff’s automobile, and that he was found guilty of having done so by the juvenile court; that after the trial defendant’s wife made ugly and vulgar signs towards petitioner; that the minor has for some time been annoying petitioner, and on a former occasion his parents paid for a pane of glass that was broken in petitioner’s house; that the screen on his premises has been broken, glasses are constantly being broken, his bell has been put out of commission, all of which makes it uncomfortable, inconvenient, and annoying for him; and that the minor had been doing these things in order to annoy him, and has been encouraged therein by his mother; wherefore he prays, etc. Defendant having died after answering, his widow and executrix was substituted in his place. There was a hearing, upon which plaintiff offered evidence and defendant offered none, a judgment rejecting plaintiff’s demand, and the appeal therefrom by plaintiff. It becomes apparent, upon reading the evidence, that the amount really involved herein could in no conceivable view be sufficient to vest this court with jurisdiction of the appeal. It is therefore ordered that the case be transferred to the Court of Appeal, parish of Orleans, the costs of the appeal to this court to be paid by the appellant; other costs to await the judgment of that tribunal.