Springer v. Gollyhorn

The majority holds that the money judgment against the personal representative entered by the trial court is not appealable. According to the majority, the judgment does not finally settle the rights and liabilities of any of the parties with an interest in the estate because no final account or decree offinal distribution has been entered. Even though all money judgments are, for all legal intents and purposes, final judgments, the majority holds that we lack jurisdiction under the above circumstances. For the reasons that follow, I disagree.

Preliminarily, ORS 19.010 establishes our…