Opinion ID: 1699263
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Heading: On the Motion to Strike the Appeal.

Text: It is insisted by the appellee that the appeal has been taken from a decree which shows on its face that it is not a final decree and being only an interlocutory decree, the appeal must be dismissed. We find no merit in the motion. Section 1057, Title 7, Code of 1940, provides for an appeal to this court within ten days from an order granting or refusing the writ of injunction. The appeal in the instant case was taken within the ten days allowed by the statute from the order granting the injunction. Lest we be misunderstood, however, we further say that in an equity case there can be more than one final decree. It is settled that where a decree is entered settling the equities between the parties and the principles on which the relief is granted or determined, it is a final decree which will support an appeal, although it orders an account to be taken or other proceedings to be had to carry it into effect. The decree in the instant case is a final decree and will support an appeal even though the cause is still in fieri awaiting the report of the register for the determination of the amount of taxes due and for the purpose of entering a decree for the amount of taxes due and delinquent and of taxing the costs. O'Rear v. O'Rear, 227 Ala. 403, 150 So. 502; Moorer v. Chastang, 247 Ala. 676, 26 So.2d 75; Mitchell v. Williams, 264 Ala. 192, 86 So.2d 369. The motion is denied.