
    MICHEL vs. BONECAZE.
    APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PROBATES FOR EAST BATON ROUGE.
    Where the original petition does not specify the sum claimed, and the record affords no evidence of that fact, except the petition of appeal, the appeal will he dismissed.
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   The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Mathews, J.

The case is before the court on a motion to dismiss the appeal. The dismissal is claimed in consequence of the matter ™ dispute, n°t amounting to three hundred dollars. The original petition does not specify the sum claimed, and the ra- „ , . , ... . cord atrords no evidence oí this iact, except the petition oí aPPeal- We are of opinion that the allegation in this peti^on> unsupported by any evidence, does not suffice to shew the value of the matter in dispute, although such an allegation . ....-„ , . i m an original petition has that eliect, as being the commencement and foundation of a contest between parties litigant.

It is, therefore, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that this appeal be dismissed at the appellant’s costs.  