Case Name: M. S. Haise v. Isadore Lorch
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1873-04
Citations: 47 Miss. 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: M. S. Haise v. Isadore Lorch
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 685–686

Head Matter:
M. S. Haise v. Isadore Lorch
1. Practice in supreme court. — A writ of error, except only in specially authorized cases, lies only from a final judgment or decree. It does not lie upon exceptions to an order granting a new trial.
Error to the circuit court of Hinds county, 2d district. Brown, J.
S. M. Shelton, for plaintiff in error,
Contended, that, although it might be true that a writ of error will not lie from the judgment of the circuit court granting a new trial, defendant in error has waived all benefit which he could have derived from this error, by failing to dismiss the writ of error herein, citing Terry v. Robbins, 5 S. & M. 91; Rev. Code of 1871, § 648; Erigel v. White, 27 Miss. 202.
E. E. Baldwin, for defendant in error,
Contended, that the granting of a new trial is not a final judgment from which an appeal or writ of error will lie, citing Terry v. Robbins, 5 S. & M. 291; 1 ib. 27; Hutch. Code, 885; Rev. Code of 1857; Code of 1871, § 648.

Opinion:
Peyton, C. J.:
This is a writ of error prosecuted from an order of the circuit court of Hinds county, granting a new trial.
A writ of error lies only from a final order or decree, except in cases specially authorized by statute. Higginbottom v. Shall, 3 S. & M. 588 ; Terry v. Robbins, 5 ib. 291 ; Stebbins v. Neles, 13 ib. 307 ; Delworth v. Fooshee, 34 Miss. 288.
Hence a writ of error will not lie where exceptions are taken to a judgment granting a new trial, until after a new trial has been had and a final judgment rendered. Bank of Lexington v. Taylor, 2 S. & M. 27 ; Terry v. Robbins, 5 ib. 291.
The writ of error, having been improperly sued out in this case, must be dismissed.