Case Name: BARKER v. THOMAS
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1910-03-01
Citations: 85 S.C. 82
Docket Number: 7460
Parties: BARKER v. THOMAS.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 82–83

Head Matter:
7460
BARKER v. THOMAS.
1. Nossuit. — As appeal from order refusing nonsuit is not allowed until final judgment is rendered.
2. New Trial. — As appeal from an order granting a new trial in an action for possession of land on ground that verdict is inconsistent with the evidence will not be entertained, because in such case judgment absolute cannot be rendered by this Court.
Before MemmingER, J., Berkeley, April term, 1908.
Affirmed.
Action by Theodore G. Barker and Henry L. Barker against Harvey C. Thomas and M. M. Haynes. Defendants appeal from order refusing nonsuit and granting new trial.
Messrs. Legare & Holman and Haynes & Fultz, for appellants.
Messrs. Jervey and Cohen, contra.
March 1, 1910.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Jones.
This is an action for the recovery of real estate and was tried before Judge Memminger and a jury. At the conclusion of plaintiff's testimony, motion for nonsuit was made and refused. Defendants offering no testimony, the case was submitted to the jury upon the testimony offered by plaintiffs. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of defendants, which Judge Memminger set aside of his own motion on the ground that it was inconsistent with the testimony. Defendants appeal upon exceptions to the refusal of nonsuit and the granting of a new trial.
An appeal from an order refusing nonsuit is not allowed before final judgment is rendered. Agnew v. Adams, 24 S. C., 86.
An appeal from an order granting a new trial will not be entertained except in a case in which judgment absolute might be rendered by this Court. Lampley v. Atlantic, 11 S. C., 319, 57 S. E., 1104; Jones v. Woodside Cotton Mills, 83 S. C., 565 and other cases cited therein.
This is not a case in which judgment absolute may be rendered.
The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.