Ripplinger v. Otten, 7216

• Decision Date: 08 September 1950
• Docket Number: No. 7216,7216
• Citation: Ripplinger v. Otten, 77 N.D. 531, 44 N.W.2d 60 (N.D. 1950)
• Parties: RIPPLINGER et al. v. OTTEN.
• Court: North Dakota Supreme Court

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44 N.W.2d 60

77 N.D. 531

RIPPLINGER et al. v. OTTEN.

No. 7216.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Sept. 8, 1950.

Syllabus by the Court.

1. Upon an appeal to the Supreme Court of an action not triable de novo upon appeal, neither errors of law occurring at the trial nor the sufficiency of the evidence may be reviewed in the absence of specifications of error.

T. B. Elton, Grand Forks, for defendant and appellant.

T. H. H. Thoresen, Grand Forks, for plaintiff and respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This is an action for damages arising from defendant's alleged negligent introduction of Bang's disease into plaintiff's herd of cattle. The issues in the case were submitted to a jury and a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiffs. Judgment was rendered upon the verdict and defendant has appealed from the judgment. There are no specifications of error.

Section 28-1809, R.C.1943, provides: 'A party desiring * * * to appeal from a judgment or other determination of a district court * * *, except upon appeals triable de novo in the supreme court, shall serve with the * * * notice of appeal, a concise statement of the errors of law he complains of, and if he claims the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict * * * he shall so specify. A specification of insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict * * * shall point out wherein the evidence is insufficient * * *.'

There can be no question but that an action in tort tried to a jury is not triable de novo upon an appeal to the supreme court. Upon such an appeal the review is limited to the errors assigned. Baird v. First National Bank of Fessenden, 60 N.D. 286, 234 N.W. 71; First National Bank of Crary v. Bremseth, 60 N.D. 401, 234 N.W. 758; Barnum v. Gorham Land Co., 13 N.D. 359, 100 N.W. 1079. The only exception to this rule is where errors appear...