80 Mo. 565 | Mo. | 1883
The bill of exceptions in this cause was filed at tbe September term, 1880, and included matters not only which bad occurred at that term, but also those which had occurred in the cause at former terms, but
The disposing of the attachment at the September term, 1880, was not a final judgment from which an appeal will lie. Davis v. Perry, 46 Mo. 449 ; Jones v. Snodgrass, 54 Mo. 597.
The issue made by the affidavit for attachment and the plea in abatement, was a mere side issue, totally disconnected from the merits, and this especially so, since the attachment was merely ancillary to the original summons. To be effective, an appeal must operate on a final judgment, and not upon something less than a final judgment. A party cannot appeal his cause by piecemeal. Anderson v. Moberly, 46 Mo. 191. And especially when the final judgment, as here, is allowed to stand unaffected by the appeal, ib.
Forasmuch as there is no final judgment, the cause . should be stricken from the docket.