
    Ervin L. STEVENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Henry G. ALLEN, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 1700.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana. Third Circuit.
    March 24, 1966.
    I. Edwin Henderson, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.
    Elsie Mae Whitman, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.
    Before TATE, SAVOY and HOOD, JJ.
   SAVOY, Judge.

The appellant did not appear in person or through counsel when this case was called for argument on the date it had been docketed for hearing, and no brief has been filed in his behalf. The appeal, therefore, is considered as having been abandoned, and accordingly the appeal is hereby dismissed. Rule VII, Section 5(b), Uniform Rules of the Courts of Appeal, 8 LSA-R.S. (1964 p.p.); Courville v. Anchor Gasoline Corporation (La.App., 3 Cir., 1965), 174 So.2d 880, and the authorities therein cited. The costs of this appeal are assessed to plaintiff-appellant. LSA-C.C. P. Article 2164.

Appeal dismissed.  