276. Courts of Appeal. — Outside the parish of
Orleans there are five Courts of Appeal, one in each
of the five circuits into which the State has been
divided. Each circuit includes several parishes.
Until the first day of July, 1904, each Court of Appeal
shall consist of two judges, both of whom shall be
assigned to their duties by the Supreme Court. One
of these must be a judge of a District Court, and the
other must be one of the judges of the Courts of
Appeal, already existing, whose terms shall not have
expired. After the first of July, 1904, the Courts of
Appeal must be composed of two district judges, to
be from time to time designated by the Supreme
Court; provided that district judges shall not be
assigned to serve as members of the Court of Appeal
for any parish within their own districts, and pro-
vided that they shall be paid their actual and neces-
sary expenses when serving as judges of the Courts of
Appeal. The Courts of Appeal, with the same excep-
tions, already noted for the Court of Appeal in the
parish of Orleans, have appellate jurisdiction only-
This jurisdiction extends to all cases, civil or probate.
