Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Locke

The appellant prosecutes this appeal from an order directing it to produce a written instrument, and the appellee denies that an appeal will lie. The question, therefore, is, will an appeal lie from an order requiring a party to produce a document?

It is declared by the very great weight of authority, that an appeal will lie only from final judgments, unless the statute otherwise expressly provides. Mr. Powell says: “ The rule that an appeal only lies upon a final decree, judgment or order, seems to prevail throughout the States; and that it can not be taken upon an interlocutory order unless…