Rawalt v. Brewer

• Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
• Writing for the Court: COBB, J.
• Citation: Rawalt v. Brewer, 15 Neb. 56, 17 N.W. 266 (Neb. 1883)
• Decision Date: 13 November 1883
• Parties: BENJAMIN F. RAWALT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EUGENE BREWER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

17 N.W. 266

15 Neb. 56

BENJAMIN F. RAWALT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EUGENE BREWER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Supreme Court of Nebraska

November 13, 1883

ERROR to the district court for Clay county. Tried below before MORRIS, J.

AFFIRMED.

Batty & Ragan, for plaintiff in error.

W. S Prickett, for defendant in error.

OPINION

COBB J.

This cause is brought to this court on error, but the plaintiff in error has failed to furnish the clerk with printed copies of his brief and points relied upon, as required by rule VII. This rule is imperative in its language, and while it may not have been rigidly enforced in all cases heretofore, the time has arrived, in the opinion of the court, when its violation can be no longer tolerated. If the time ever was when the business of the court was such that its members could find time to search the record of causes for the points which the court ought to consider, and then search the library for authorities, aided only by the digests, that time is past. The vastly increased business of the court renders it necessary that all rules calculated to facilitate the members of the...