Case Name: Astor v. Chambers
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1822-05
Citations: 1 Mo. 191
Docket Number: 
Parties: Astor v. Chambers.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 135–135

Head Matter:
Astor v. Chambers.
An order of the Court below, striking a cause from the docket, is not such a decisions as will authorize a writ of error. The party has his remedy by mandamus.
IN ERROR from the Circuit Court of St. Louis county.

Opinion:
M'Girk, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The first question, and the only question necessary to be decided, is, is the decision or order in the case such as a writ of error will lie on ? The words of the order are: it is ordered that the said suit be stricken from the docket of this Court. This is not a decision of the Court in a cause, but a refusal to proceed; and if it can be redressed, it must be by a mandamus, and not by writ of error.
This writ must be dismissed-