45 So. 289 | Ala. | 1907
In Marks v. Cowles, 61 Ala. 302, this court said : “The general principle that a judgment
In Ex parte Walter Bros., 89 Ala. 237, 7 South. 400, 18 Am. St. Rep. 103, it' avus held that “money paid under and in obedience to a decree of the chancery court, before the issue of execution, is not paid voluntarily, but under legal compulsion, and the decree being reversed by this court on appeal, the party paying is entitled to have restitution, Avithout Availing for the final determination of the cause.” It was further held, in that case, that if the chancellor wrongfully refuses to make an
Recognizing the force of these principles, the LehmanDurr Company voluntarily surrendered the lands to- the parties entitled, and of this no complaint is made here. It thus admitted its obligation and duty under the order therefor, to make restitution of the possession of the lands which it unlawfully held, and it does not appear that the writ was unlawfully or improvidently issued.
This question out of the way, it may be said, so far as .the appeal goes to the reference to ascertain the rents is concerned, that that reference was not a final decree, hut interlocutory only, and the appeal on this phase of the case cannot be considered, but must be dimsissed.— Beall v. Lehman-Durr Co., 128 Ala. 166, 29 South. 12; Savage v. Johnson, 125 Ala. 673, 28 South. 547; Tatum v. Yahn, 130 Ala. 575, 29 South. 201; Kelly v. Horsely, 146 Ala. 508, 41 South. 902.
We find no error in the decree of the court below, and it is affirmed.
Affirmed.