Case Name: D. M. Thorp vs. Joseph Lorenz
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1885-12-12
Citations: 34 Minn. 350
Docket Number: 
Parties: D. M. Thorp vs. Joseph Lorenz.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 350–350

Head Matter:
D. M. Thorp vs. Joseph Lorenz.
December 12, 1885.
Appeal — Order Dismissing Action. — An order at the trial, dismissing an action on the ground that the complaint stated no cause of action, is not appealable. [Rep.
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Redwood county, dismissing the action. Respondent moved for a dismissal of the appeal.
D. M. Thorp and T. M. Quarton, for appellant.
M. M. Madigan, for respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court.
This is an appeal from an order made on the trial dismissing the action, on the ground that the complaint did not state a cause of action. It has been repeatedly held by this court that an order of this kind is not appealable. Rogers v. Holyoke, 14 Minn. 387, (514;) Lamb v. McCanna, 14 Minn. 385, (513;) Searles v. Thompson, 18 Minn. 285, (316.) The plaintiff should either have moved for a new trial and appealed from the order refusing it, or else caused judgment of dismissal to have been entered, and then appealed from the judgment.
Appeal dismissed.