Keel v. Bently
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a motion to dismiss a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
Bently filed a bill in chancery against Keel to obtain the title to certain real estate; and an injunction issued thereon, restraining Keel from selling or removing the growing crops. Keel answered the bill, and moved for a dissolution of the injunction. The court refused the motion, and referred the cause to the master to take the proofs. Keel then sued out a writ of error, which Bently now moves to dismiss.'
The motion must be sustained. An appeal, or writ of error, does not lie from an interlocutory decree or judgment. There must be a final decision of a case before it can be removed into…
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