Case ID: ala_142/html/0185-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "McOLELLAN, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

McGaugh v. Holliday.
    
      Bill in Equity to Quiet Title to Land.
    
    1. Appeal does not He from decree overruling a motion to dismiss cross-bill. — An appeal does not lie to the Supreme Court from a decree of a chancellor overruling a motion to dismiss a cross-hill for the want of equity therein; the statute authorizing an appeal from an interlocutory decree overruling a motion to dismiss a bill for the want of equity, (Code § 427) having application solely to a hill in equity, and not a cross-bill.
    Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lowndes.
    Tried before the Hon. William L. Parks.
    ■ Under the opinion in this case it is unnecessary to make a statement of facts.
   McOLELLAN, C. J.

This is an (attempted) appeal from a decree overruling a motion to dismiss a cross bill for want of equity. The appeal is not authorized by statute. There is a statute authorizing an appeal from an interlocutory decree overruling a motion to dismiss a till for want of equity, (Code, § 427); but there is no statute providing for appeal from such decree in respect of a cross'bill. The appeal must be dismissed.

Appeal dismissed.

Tyson, Simpson and Anderson, J.J., concurring.