The statement of appeal shall be made by a document, which may include an appendix, containing, in addition to the particulars prescribed by 2° and 3° of Article 54 and by the fifth paragraph of article 57, and on pain of nullity :
1° The constitution of the appellant’s lawyer;
2° An indication of the contested decision;
3° An indication of the court before which the appeal is brought;
4° The heads of the judgment expressly criticised to which the appeal is limited, unless the appeal seeks to set aside the judgment or if the subject-matter of the dispute is indivisible.
It is signed by the lawyer appointed. It is accompanied by a copy of the decision. It is submitted to the court registry and is equivalent to a request for entry on the roll.