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48 Or. 351

Bowman v. Holman

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided August 21, 1906

Oregon Supreme Court · decided 1906-08-21

From Circuit Court of Multnomah County. Action by Benjamin H. Bowman against George P. Holman. Plaintiff appeals from an order setting aside a default order in his favor. Defendant now moves to dismiss the appeal.

Relies on Hume v. Bowie · Deering v. Quivey · Henrichsen v. Smith

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Dismissed · Decided 1906-08-21

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Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently June 1942

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Per Curiam:

¶1On September 5, 1905, plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant by default in an action at law. On February 10, 1906, the judgment was, on defendant’s application, under Section 102, B. & C. Comp., set aside and vacated, and he was permitted to answer, for the reason that the judgment was taken against him through mistake, inadvertence and excusable neglect. From this order the plaintiff has appealed, and defendant moves to dismiss such appeal because the order from which it is taken is not appealable.

¶2The statute provides that an appeal may be taken from a “final order affecting a substantial right” made after judgment or decree: B. & C. Comp. § 547. The order in question is not of that character. It is not a final order, but merely vacated the former judgment for the purpose of a trial upon the merits of the original action. It was within the power of the court to make, and is therefore not appealable: Deering v. Quivey, 26 Or. 556 (38 Pac. 710); Henrichsen v. Smith, 29 Or. 475 (42 Pac. 486, 44 Pac. 496) ; Hume v. Bowie, 148 U. S. 245 (13 Sup. Ct. 582, 37 L. Ed. 438). The motion is allowed.

¶3Dismissed.

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