Barker v. Thomas

Supreme Court of South Carolina
Barker v. Thomas, 67 S.E. 1 (S.C. 1910)
85 S.C. 82; 1910 S.C. LEXIS 194
Jones

Barker v. Thomas

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Jones.

This is an action for the recovery of real estate and was tried before Judge Memminger and a jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, motion for nonsuit was made and refused. Defendants offering no testimony, the case was submitted to the jury upon the testimony offered by plaintiffs. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendants, which Judge Memminger set aside of his own motion on the ground that it was inconsistent with the testimony. Defendants appeal upon exceptions to the refusal of nonsuit and the granting of a new trial.

1 An appeal from an order refusing nonsuit is not allowed before final judgment is rendered. Agnew v. Adams, 24 S. C., 86.

2 An appeal from an order granting a new trial will not be entertained except in a case in which judgment absolute might be rendered by this Court. Lampley v. Atlantic, 11 S. C., 319, 57 S. E., 1104; Jones v. Woodside Cotton Mills, 83 S. C., 565 and other cases cited therein.

This is not a case in which judgment absolute may be rendered.

The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Barker v. Thomas.
Cited By
9 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Nossuit. — As appeal from order refusing nonsuit is not allowed until final judgment is rendered. 2. New Trial. — As appeal from an order granting a new trial in an action for possession of land on ground that verdict is inconsistent with the evidence will not be entertained, because in such case judgment absolute cannot be rendered by this Court.