31 Mo. 258
Decided October 15, 1860
Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1860-10-15
<p>1. Where a judgment is entered against the defendant, and afterwards the court on motion arrested the judgment, but no final judgment was entered after the motion in arrest was sustained, the case is still pending in the court below, and an appeal, being prematurely taken, will be dismissed.</p>
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Decided 1860-10-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 1934
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2This was a suit on a note. There was a judgment against the ■ defendants. Afterwards the court on motion arrested the judgment, but no final judgment was entered after the motion in arrest was sustained. The case then is still pending in the court below, and this appeal was prematurely taken.
¶3the appeal is dismissed.