Sowards v. Stephens
Sowards v. Stephens
Opinion of the Court
The appeal in this case was noticed for trial in the circuit court by the plaintiff. Hot being tried at the
This is the substance of the order brought here for review. The question is, Is such an order appealable? It appears to us it is not. The order does not settle definitely any right, nor does it either determine the action or dispose of the appeal. It merely provides that the cause stand upon the calendar until the next term; that the plaintiff have leave, in the meantime, to tax the costs; then, if the defendant pay such costs and comply with the stipulation, the action shall be dismissed. But if the defendant neglected or refused on his part to comply with the order, the plaintiff’s attorney has leave to move at the next term for the dismissal of the appeal. But the cause is kept upon the calendar for the further action of the court. The order is essentially one continuing the cause, and giving the plaintiff, in a certain contingency, leave to renew his motion to dismiss the appeal. An order which does not make a final disposition of the cause, but merely operates to continue it for the term, has often been held not appealable. Roby v.
The appeal must be dismissed, with costs.
By the Court. — • Appeal dismissed.
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