Thomas v. Thomas

Oct 15, 1876
Reporters:
Before:
Hough
Hough, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit for divorce, ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍instituted in the Joplin court of common pleas. At the June term, 1874, a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii was rendered in favor of the ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍complainant, and at the same term the defendant filed a motion to set that decree aside. It does not appear from the record ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍that this motion was ever disposed of. The present writ of error seems to have been sued out prematurely.

Until the motion to set ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍aside the decree was overruled by the court there was no judgment from which an appeal could be taken, or which could be reviewed ‍‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‍on writ of error.

The writ must therefore be dismissed.

All the judges concur.