Opinion
No. 5466.
May 26, 1976.
APPEAL FROM 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE ALLEN M. BABINEAUX, J.
L. H. Oliver, Lafayette, or defendants-appellants.
J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before CULPEPPER, PETERS and HOOD, JJ.
Defendant-appellant neither appeared nor filed brief prior to the time this case was called for argument. Therefore, the court considers this appeal abandoned and dismisses it at defendant-appellant's cost. Rule 7, Section 5(b), Uniform Rules, Courts of Appeal.
Plaintiff-appellee filed a brief praying that the court amend the lower court judgment to increase the award made in favor of plaintiff. Plaintiff-appellee filed no formal answer to defendant's appeal and the court therefore cannot consider her claims. LSA-C.C.P. 2133.
Appeal dismissed.