Case Name: THOMPSON v. CONROY
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1896-03-04
Citations: 8 App. D.C. 145
Docket Number: 
Parties: THOMPSON v. CONROY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Volume: 8
Pages: 145–145

Head Matter:
THOMPSON v. CONROY.
Appellate Practice; Allowance op Appeal.
An application for the allowance of-an appeal in order to obtain a decision of this court as to what constitutes a frivolous, ground of demurrer to a declaration, denied.
Submitted March 3, 1896.
Decided March 4, 1896.
Heaking on an application for the allowance of an appeal.
Denied.
Mr. Wm. Stone Abert for the petitioner.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Alvey
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The allowance of an appeal in this case would make a precedent that would likely prove mischievous in practice. The object of the appeal, it seems, is to get from this court a decision as to what constitutes a frivolous ground of demurrer to a declaration, and when the court below should strike out such demurrer and proceed to give judgment under the rule as for the want of an affidavit to the plea. The simple and more regular course would seem to be, to join issue on the demurrer, and have it ruled upon without delay, and thus get rid of the demurrer. We do not think that it would be in the interest of justice to allow the appeal. In fact there has been no judgment, interlocutory or otherwise, such as contemplated by the statute, for an appeal.
Motion denied and petition dismissed.