Richardson v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, Oct. T., 1899, by G. B. Richardson, from decree of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 556, overruling demurrer to libel in divorce. Libel in divorce. Before McConnell, J. Errors assigned were (1) in not sustaining demurrer; (2) in allowing libellant to amend.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The orders of the court below overruling the demurrer to the libel, and granting the libellant leave to amend, etc., are the only subjects of complaint in the specifications of error before us. Thosé orders are merely interlocutory; neither of them is in any proper sense a “ final sentence or decree,” from which alone an appeal lies to this Court. The appeal was therefore unauthorized, and the same is accordingly quashed at appellant’s costs.
The result of the appeal has been an unnecessary and vexar tious delay of nearly a year in prosecuting the case to a final decree. We think…
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