Luke v. Avera
Luke v. Avera
Opinion of the Court
T. J. Luke applied for a rule against the sheriff and his deputy, alleging that he placed in their hands an execution in his favor against Moses Bembry and Joseph Bembry, that he pointed out certain property of one of the defendants, and that the money had not been made on his fi. fa.; and praying that the defendants be attached for contempt upon failure to show cause why they should not pay applicant the amount due on his execution. The court granted a rule nisi, and in response thereto the defendants filed their several answers, averring, that the execution was levied on certain property, which was advertised for sale; that the
A motion was made to dismiss the writ of error, on the ground that the order or judgment excepted to is interlocutory. This motion must prevail. The case is still pending in the trial court. The order of the court is in the nature of a continuance of the case until the next term, upon terms. It is clearly an interlocutory judgment, to which a writ of error will not lie.
Writ of error dismissed.
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