Morris v. Washington & Georgetown Railroad
Morris v. Washington & Georgetown Railroad
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This application for the allowance of an appeal must be denied. It is addressed to the discretion of this court, under section 7 of the act of Congress of February 9, 1893, which provides for an appeal from a certain class or description of interlocutory orders, βand also from any other interlocutory order, in the discretion of said Court of Appeals, whenever it is made to appear to said cottrt upon petition, that it will be in the interest of justice to allow such appeal.β To call into exercise this extraordinary discretionary power, a strong case showing the necessity for an immediate appeal must be presented. And in determining the question whether an appeal should be allowed, we must look to the nature of the case and to the character and effect of the interlocutory order from which the appeal
Application denied and petition dismissed.
Reference
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- MORRIS v. THE WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY
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- Appealable Orders ; Injunction. 1. An appeal will not be allowed from an interlocutory order under the act of Congress of February 9, 1893, allowing appeals from interlocutory orders other than those specified, within the discretion of this court, unless a strong case showing the necessity of an immediate appeal is made out. 2. An appeal from an order permitting the partial use of explosives in a suit by a property owner to enjoin the defendant from using explosives in making certain excavations, denied.