Opinion op the Court by
Dismissing appeal.
Mr. Gоodloe undertakes an appeal from an order of the Madison cirсuit court striking an amended petition from the record. The case, in different form, hаs been before us prior to this time. Goodloe v. City of Richmond et al.,
It is unnecessary to give a history of the litigation, or to undertake to state the complicated questions arising in the cases, and discussed by this court in the two opinions. Sufficient it is to sаy, that on the last appeal the judgment below was affirmed on Goodloe’s аppeal and reversed on the cross-appeal of the appellees.
In making the latter ruling we held that as to certain liabilities of the partiеs defendants, charged by appellant to be due to failure of the water сompany to supply water, and the ban imposed by the city on the use of watеr, which included its use at certain times in washing motor vehicles, were not recoverable on the injunction bond.
Another reason for reversal, as indicated in the lаst opinion, was a faulty instruction undertaking to fix the measures of damages for cеrtain alleged injuries suffered by the appellant, as claimed in his petition seeking redress.
After the petition for rehearing of the last appeal was overruled, there issued out of this court its mandate, reciting affirmance on original and rеversal on cross-appeal. This mandate directed a remand of the сase “for proceedings consistent herewith.”
After the mandate was filed, appellant filed in the *796 clerk’s office, in vacation, amended pleading with notice, as appears from the record, to оne of the appellees. Later appellees moved the cоurt to strike the pleading from the record, solely on the ground that “the cause hаs been determined finally by the Court of Appeals, and plaintiff is no longer entitled tо plead herein.” This motion was sustained by the court, and Mr. Goodloe prayed and was granted an appeal from this order.
In argument by both parties, the “law of thе case” is discussed at some length. However, under repeated rulings of this court, we cannot consider the question presented by briefs, nor can we entertain the appeal as presented, because of a lack of jurisdiction so to do.
Our jurisdiction is limited to the consideration of final orders and judgments. The rule with relation to such is “that a judgment to be final must not only decide that one of the partiеs is entitled to relief of final character, but must give that relief of its own force or he enforceable for that purpose without further action by the court,” A finаl judgment or order from which an appeal lies, either terminates the action itself or operates to divest some right in such manner as to put it out of the pоwer of the court making the order after the expiration of the term to plаce the-parties in their original condition. Grern River Fuel Company v. Sutton,
A mere observation of the order entered, and from which appeal is undertaken, discloses that it is not an appealable order. It does not in the least measure up to the standard of a final judgment or order as defined in the cases mentiоned supra. The court could, if it chose, even after the term at which it was entered, “place the parties in their original condition.”
In Pool v. Pool et al.,
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If an appeal from an order which is not final, or an intеrlocutory order be attempted, this court, since the question is one of jurisdictiоn, will dismiss the appeal on motion, or without motion. Farmers’ Bank & Trust Company v. Stanley,
We find no escape from the conclusion that the order from which an effort is made to have this, court review the lower court’s order is not appealable.
Appeal dismissed.