Snowden v. Dorsey
Court of Appeals of Maryland
' Appeal from an interlocutory decree of the court of chancery. The appellees filed their bill for thé specific .performance of a contract to convey land.
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' Appeal from an interlocutory decree of the court of chancery. The appellees filed their bill for thé specific .performance of a contract to convey land. The Chancellory (Killy j) in giving his decree, stated that there was sufficient proof of the contract for a conveyance, and that the' bill prayed for an account as a consequence of the right to & conveyance, and a decree therefor; but that he thought proper and necessary to pass an interlocutory decree for an account; in order to ascertain the sum due on either side preparatory to a final decree.. He therefore decreed, that the parties…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, X.
delivered the opinion of the court. It is. the opinion of the court that an appeal will not lie from a mere interlocutory order, by which nothing is finally settled between the; parties,'and such we consider the order for an account in this case, which, in the language of the. chancellor, was only preparatory to a final decree, and was liable to be reviewed by him at pleasure. It settles nothing in controversy between the litigating parties; but after an account taken, the chancellor, without a bill .of review ipight, on further proof, or on more mature consideration^ hare…
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