John Perkins v. Edward F. Fourniquet and Wife, and Martin W. Ewing and Wife
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an .appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, the circumstances of which am stated in the opinión of the’ court. for want of jurisdiction, because the decree of the Circuit Court was not a final decree. The motion was opposed by Mr* Mayer and Mr. Coxe. The record shows that the appeal taken in this Case is Upon an interlocutory decree to account, and before any account taken or any final decree made.
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This was an .appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana, the circumstances of which am stated in the opinión of the’ court. for want of jurisdiction, because the decree of the Circuit Court was not a final decree. The motion was opposed by Mr* Mayer and Mr. Coxe. The record shows that the appeal taken in this Case is Upon an interlocutory decree to account, and before any account taken or any final decree made. The appellees move to dismiss the case, for the reason, that in this state of the record this eóüTt has ¿Ó jurisdiction. Appeal only lies from a “…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This, like the case just decided, is a motion to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground, that the decree in the Circuit Court was not a final one.
In the preceding case, we have stated the construction which this court has given to the. acts of. 1789 and 1803 upon this subject; and we have stated it more fully than the cáse itself required, in order that the Circuit Courts might distinctly un derstand the opinion entertainedXby this court, and.to prevent, ixy future, appeals from decrees ana, orders merely interlocutory in their character. Appeals from decrees of this description appear to be a…
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