Ruble v. Helm
Decision Date | 11 February 1893 |
Citation | 21 S.W. 470,57 Ark. 304 |
Parties | RUBLE v. HELM |
Court | Arkansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court in Chancery, M. R. BAKER, Special Judge.
Judgment affirmed.
Crump & Watkins, for appellants.
There is no evidence that Ruble received more interest than he charged himself with. The confirmation of the accounts by the probate court is conclusive, except for fraud, accident or mistake. 51 Ark. 1; 40 id. 219; ib. 393; 34 id. 63; 33 Ark 727. The appellant, Ruble, shows he accounted for all money and property that came to his hands. As to the item of $ 10 Lex non curat de minimis. 36 Ark. 393-4.
The object of this suit was to impeach for fraud and mistake the accounts and final settlement of the defendant, Ruble, as guardian of the plaintiff, Helm. On the hearing of the cause, the court made the following findings:
1. That Ruble fraudulently failed to charge himself with interest amounting to the sum of $ 19.
2. That he fraudulently charged the plaintiff with $ 70 for board.
3. That he failed to account for money amounting to $ 29.
4. That by mistake he took a credit for the sum of $ 10.
A decree for the amount of these items was accordingly rendered against Ruble and his sureties, and they have appealed.
The appellee having failed to appear, the appellant's abstract is treated, under a rule of this court, as, correct so far as it purports to set forth the record. Tucker v. Byers, ante, p. 215. By this it is shown that the allegations of the complaint on which relief was asked were all denied by the answer and that no evidence whatever was adduced to prove that Ruble was liable for any interest not charged on his accounts as settled and approved by the probate court. The first finding of the chancellor cannot therefore be sustained. Ruble v. Cottrell, ante, p. 190.
The appellants in their brief admit, either expressly or by implication, that evidence was produced as to the matters embraced in the other findings. But they do not make even the shortest statement of what such evidence was, and content themselves with a mere reference to it by way of insisting upon its insufficiency. The rules of practice do not make it our duty to explore the transcript for the evidence thus omitted; and as it is not before us, we presume, in favor of the decree, that the court's second, third and fourth findings are correct. Massey v. Gardenhire, 12 Ark. 638.
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