80 So. 276 | Miss. | 1918
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee instituted this action against appellant in the circuit court of Jones county. The defendant filed several pleas to the jurisdiction, in one of which it was averred that there had been dealings between the parties extending over a period of sixteen years; that the total amount of business done between the parties on these accounts amounted to large sums; that, there were numerous and sundry loans and transactions upon which the plaintiff has exacted and collected usurious interest; and that the sums paid as unlawful interest amounted to more than the total of the amount sued for. Upon the coming in of these pleas the plaintiff moved the circuit court to transfer the case to the chancery court, in order that the many matters of mutual account might be inquired into and a true accounting had. This motion was by the court sustained, and a judgment duly entered transferring the case to the chancery court. From this judgment appellant, as defendant in the court below, now attempts to prosecute an appeal. Appellee moves this court to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. There is then involved in this controversy the right of a party litigant to appeal from a judgment of the circuit court transferring the case to the chancery court.
From the foregoing expression of our views, it follows that this appeal is not authorized by statute, and that this court is without jurisdiction. The motion will be sustained, and the appeal dismissed.
Motion sustained.