Joslyn v. Sappington

1 Tenn. 222

• Court: Tennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity
• Decided: November 6, 1806
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

An appeal will not lie agreeably to our law, in ordinary cases, unless from a final judgment. Had the plea been sustained there might have been an appeal, for then the plaintiff would have been out of court, but as the case stood, the defendant should have answered over, and upon the case coming here after final judgment, we would then look into the interlocutory proceedings. If an appeal was allowed upon intermediate proceedings, we might have several in the same cause. If the cause were to be taken up here, and the plea in abatement not supported, we should have to send the cause back to the county court for trial, and upon the final judgment it might come here again.

The appeal must be dismissed.