Davis v. Receivers St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad

Hart, J. App Davis sued the receivers of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company to recover the penalty provided in section 6620 of Kirby’s Digest, for charging a greater compensation for his transportation as a passenger than is allowed and prescribed by the act. The defendant company demurred to the complaint and the court sustained its demurrer. No judgment was rendered dismissing the complaint of the plaintiff and not even a judgment for costs was rendered. (1) • When the 'court sustained the demurrer the plaintiff had his election to amend his complaint, or, to rest and permit final judgment to be rendered dismissing his complaint and then appeal. (2-3) It is well settled in this State that no appeal lies where there is no final judgment. The order of the court sustaining the demurrer was not a final judgment but was interlocutory, merely. It follows that the appeal must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Benton County v. Rutherford, 30 Ark. 665; Radford v. Samstag, 113 Ark. 185, 167 S. W. 491, and cases cited; Harlow v. Mason, 117 Ark. 360. It is so ordered.