# Tillman v. City of Slidell

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · February 14, 1985 · 464 So. 2d 986

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7539919

## Case

- **Full name:** Clarence L. TILLMAN v. CITY OF SLIDELL
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** February 14, 1985
- **Citations:** 464 So. 2d 986; 1985 La. App. LEXIS 8368
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Lottinger
- **Judges:** Coving, Covington, Lottinger, Ton
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LOTTINGER, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, Clarence Tillman, filed a motion to dismiss the defendant-appellant’s suspensive appeal and convert same into a devolutive appeal because an appeal bond was not filed.
Plaintiff-appellee contends that La.R.S. 13:4581 1 is applicable to municipal boards and commissions only and not to the municipalities themselves.
Though La.R.S. 13:4581 only refers to boards and commissions, this statute has been given a broad interpretation so as to include public bodies generally. See City of Lake Charles v. Lake Charles Ry., *987 Light & Waterworks Co., 144 La. 217 , 80 So. 260 (1918); Lambert v. Labruyere, 151 So.2d 377 (La.App. 4th Cir.1963).
Therefore, for the above and foregoing reasons, the defendant-appellant, City of Slidell, is exempt under La.R.S. 13:4581 from furnishing a suspensive appeal bond, and plaintiff-appellee’s motion to dismiss this appeal is denied at plaintiffs costs.
DENIED
. La.R.S. 13:4581 provides:
State, parish and municipal boards or commissions exercising public power and functions shall not be required to furnish any appeal bond; or any other bond whatsoever in any judicial proceedings instituted by or against them.

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