Bierce v. Grant

Citations

• 91 Miss. 791
• 45 So. 876

Syllabus

<p>1. Chancery Practice. Appeals. Decrees reviewable. Code 1906, § 35. Interlocutory orders.</p> <p>Code 1906, § 35, authorizing appeals from designated interlocutory-decrees in equity, does not warrant an appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a cross-bill and dismissing the same unless it requires money to be paid or the possession of property to be changed or be necessary to settle the principles of the case or avoid expense and delay.</p> <p>2. Same. Orders on demurrers.</p> <p>Code 1906, § 35, providing that an appeal may be granted by the chancellor from an interlocutory order or decree in order to settle the principles of the ease, authorizes appeals only in causes difficult to be tried, involving important unsettled principles, and courtesy cannot warrant an appeal from an order on a demurrer merely because ashed by counsel or litigant.</p>