84 So. 808 | Ala. | 1919
The court holds that the order of the trial court striking the affidavit of petitioner (defendant in the trial court) for an interpleader is a final judgment as against the defendant, who took an appeal to the Court of Appeals, and therefore that the Court of Appeals committed error in dismissing the appeal on the ground that there was no final judgment to support an appeal.
The writer does not concur. This is a proceeding in a court of law. There is no statute authorizing an appeal in cases of this particular kind. The right of appeal depends upon the general statute, section 2847 of the Code, which provides that an appeal will lie from any final judgment. The question as to the finality of this order is to be determined on common-law principles. According to that law, if the judgment does not dispose of the whole case on its merits, it is not final. Bostwick v. Brinkerhoff,
The judgment of the court is that the judgment of the Court of Appeals be reversed, and that the cause be remanded to that court for further proceedings.
All the Justices concur, except SAYRE, J., who dissents, and BROWN, J., not sitting.