Opinion ID: 1997229
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Heading: In honesty it is difficult to reconcile cases dealing with appeals in temporary injunction cases. But text writers on the subject are quite uniform.

Text: no appeal lies when the order does not finally dispose of the application upon its merits, or work irreparable injury to either of the parties   . 2 Spelling on Injunctions 963. A court of equity    does not exercise its jurisdiction for the purpose of discussing abstract or academic questions; and an appeal will not ordinarily be entertained from an injunctive order when the matter to which it relates is wholly passed and irrevocable   . 1 Joyce on Injunctions, section 375, page 575. See also 2 High on Injunctions, section 1693, page 1639. For a more recent authoritative text see 42 Am.Jur.2d, Injunctions, section 346, page 1151: Unless a special right to appeal is expressly given by statute, an appeal will lie only from a definitive order, decree, or judgment which finally determines the action. Appeals from interlocutory orders are not ordinarily allowed. In accord with this view it is sometimes held that, in the absence of a controlling statutory provision, an order relating to a preliminary or temporary injunction is not of itself appealable.   . See also 42 Am.Jur.2d, section 355, page 1166: An appellate court will ordinarily limit the scope of its review to the issues necessary to a proper disposition of the appeal, and will not consider immaterial or moot questions. The rule is, of course, applicable when reviewing decrees and orders relating to injunctions. A preliminary injunction, if granted, lasts only until a final decree is entered; it is merged in and does not survive the entry of a final decree. If, therefore, an appeal is taken from an order granting or denying a temporary injunction, and before the appeal is heard a final decree is entered by the trial court, the appeal will be dismissed as moot.  .