St. Clair County v. Lovingston

Supreme Court of the United States
St. Clair County v. Lovingston, 85 U.S. 628 (1873)
21 L. Ed. 813; 18 Wall. 628; 1873 U.S. LEXIS 1337

St. Clair County v. Lovingston

Opinion

Mr. Justice STRONG

delivered the opinion of the court.

The writ of error in this case must be dismissed on the authority of Moore v. Robbins, decided at this term. The judgment of the Supreme Court of the State cannot be regarded as a final judgment in the sense in-which the term was used in the Judiciary Acts. No judgment is final which does not terminate .the litigation between the parties to the *629 suit. The issue between the parties may be again tried in the Circuit Court, and another judgment may be recovered, which may be removed to the Supreme Court for revision. Consequently, then, there has been no final determination of the case.

Writ dismissed.

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Syllabus
No judgment is final which does not terminate the litigation between the parties. A judgment reversing the judgment of an inferior court, and remanding the cause for such other and further proceedings as to law and justice shall appertain, does not do this. A writ of error to such a judgment dismissed, on the authority of Moore v. Robbins, supra, p. 588.