Peck v. Moody
Peck v. Moody
Opinion of the Court
As a general rule this court will hot revise the discretionary acts of a district judge. But when the statutes provide for interlocutory judgments, and the terms upon which the same shall be granted or refused, such judgments become not a .question of discretion to be exercised or not, as a judge may choose; hut a matter of right.
In a large, majority of. the cases in which a continuance is granted or refused, a judge is bound to exercise a sound judgment and discretion; but there are cases, when to refuse a continuance, would be a denial of statutory rights.
Reversed and remanded.
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- Barton Peck v. J. A. Moody and others
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- 1. Where statutes provide for interlocutory judgments, and for the terms ob which such judgments shall be granted, such judgments become a matter of right, and are not mere questions of discretion in the court below. 2. Though the granting or refusal of a continuance is ordinarily a matter of discretion o:.Jy, yet there are cases in which a refusal of a continuance-would be a denial of statutory rights. See this ease ior an example. • 3. When a plaintiff was forced to take a non-suit by the refusal of a continuance to which he was entitled as a matter of right, it was error for the court to overrule his motion to sot aside the non-suit and reinstate the cause.