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McCOLLUM v. HOWARD
154 U.S. 577·Supreme Court of the United States·1870
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Opinion
McCOLLUM v. HOWARD.
APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE' IOWA.
No. 344.
Argued February 4, 1870.
Decided March 7, 1870.
This court will not take jurisdiction oyer an interlocutory decree.
Mr. S. W. Fuller, Mr. B. C. Cook, Mr. Thomas F. Withrow, for appellants.
Mr. James Grant for appellees.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Field]
Mr. Justice Field
delivered the opinion of the court.
The decree in this case, made on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1869, is interlocutory and not final. The appeal from it must, therefore, be dismissed. Ordered accordingly.