Eldridge v. City of Greenwood

Toal, Justice:

Appellants/plaintiffs appeal the order of the Circuit Court prohibiting them from communicating with potential members of the plaintiff class. The respondents contend that this issue is interlocutory and not immediately appealable. The order of the Circuit Court affects such a substantial right of the appellants as to make the order immediately appealable. We reverse.

FACTS

Appellants (“Landowners”) own the land adjacent to an abandoned railroad right-of-way in the City of Greenwood. They filed suit in 1989 to determine the ownership of railroad right-of-way. The Landowners…