Gardner v. Grand Beach Co.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from a decree in a suit brought to foreclose a trust deed securing an issue of corporate bonds of the Grand Beach Com*482pany. The decree adjudged, among other things, that the rate of interest borne by the bonds was usurious under the laws of Illinois, and required the deduction from the principal of the bonds of all interest paid thereon. Appeal was taken 67 days after entry of decree.

We think the decree not final, and not appealable as such. The' applicable rule is that a final judgment or decree is one whieh puts an end to the suit, deciding all points in the…