
    Vincent TIMPHONY v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION.
    No. 12915.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
    May 11, 1982.
    G. Michael Grosz, III, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellant.
    William J. Guste, Jr., John E. Jackson, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.
    Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.
   GULOTTA, Judge.

Because appellant has neither filed a brief, made an appearance nor manifested any intention whatsoever to prosecute this appeal prior to the time the case was called for scheduled argument on April 6, 1982, we, pursuant to Rule VII, Section 5(b) ex proprio motu dismiss the appeal as abandoned. Costs to be paid by appellant.

APPEAL DISMISSED.  