Cothren v. Atwood

Feb 8, 1894
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Under § 1129 of the General Statutes, a party ‍​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍can appeal only from the “judgment of the court in such cause or action.” Such appeal may undoubtedly present for ‍​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍review questions of law arising in the trial; but until there is a judgment rendered there can be no right ‍​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍of appeal. In the case before us the action of the Superior Court in sustaining the defendant’s remonstrance and declining ‍​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍to accept the committee’s report, was nota “judgment” within the meaning of the statute; hence the appeal must be erased ‍​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‍from the docket. All concur. Appeal erased from the docket.