22 Minn. 266 | Minn. | 1876
This case came into the district court upon an appeal from a decree of the probate court of Scott county. The appellant here made a motion in the district court to dismiss the appeal to that court, and from the
The effect of the order appealed from was merely to retain the cause in the district court for trial and determination. It does not come within the third sub-division of Gen. St. ch. 86, § 8, which gives an appeal “ from an order involving the merits of the action, or some part thereof,” nor within the fifth sub-division of that section, which gives an appeal “ from an order which in effect determines the action, and prevents a judgment from which an appeal might be taken.” The order did not involve any part of the merits of the action, nor did it determine the action; on the contrary, it was a refusal to determine it in that way.
Appeal dismissed.