McMahon v. Quinn

Citations

• 140 Ill. 199

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—from interlocutory decree. Where a bill for a partnership accounting was referred to the master to state an account, and pending exceptions to his report the defendant filed a cross-bill showing a bill for an account in another court and the proceedings therein as a bar to further proceedings in the case, which cross-bill was sustained by the court, and on appeal the Appellate Court reversed the decree of the trial court, and remanded the cause, it was held, that the-judgment of the Appellate Court was only interlocutory, and that no-appeal or writ of error would lie to review the same.</p> <p>2.. Interlocutory deorbe—what constitutes—dismissing cross-bill. An order dismissing a cross-bill is interlocutory, merely, and is not subject to review in a higher court until the whole case is disposed of. A decree is interlocutory when an inquiry as to matter of law or fact is-directed preparatory to a final decision. Such a case differs from one-where the order of reversal necessitates the rendition of a particular decree.</p>