City of Paducah v. East Tennessee Telephone Co.

Citations

• 229 U.S. 476
• 33 S. Ct. 816
• 57 L. Ed. 1286
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2460

Syllabus

<p>The test of finality of a decree for the purposes of appeal to this court is the face of the decree itself, and unless it is final the appeal will not lie.</p> <p>A decree which continues an injunction against a municipality unless it adopts an ordinance specified therein held not final prior to the passage of the ordinance or declaration not to do so, and appeal dismissed as premature.</p>