Stevens v. Nevitt

• Decision Date: 07 December 1860
• Citation: 15 Ind. 224
• Parties: Stevens v. Nevitt and Others
• Court: Indiana Supreme Court

15 Ind. 224

Stevens v. Nevitt and Others

Supreme Court of Indiana

December 7, 1860

APPEAL from the Dearborn Common Pleas.

The appeal is dismissed, with costs.

D. S. Major, for appellant.

OPINION

Davison, J.

In this case, the errors assigned on the record relate, exclusively, to the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding of the Court, to whom the cause was submitted for trial. But it is suggested that there was no proper motion for a new trial. In reference to that point, the record entry is in these words: "And here the testimony closed, and being all the testimony, the Court found for the plaintiff, whereupon the plaintiff moved for a new trial, because the finding of the Court is contrary to law and evidence; which motion the Court overruled, and the plaintiff excepted," &c. The statute says: "The application for a new trial, must be by motion, upon written cause filed at the time of making the motion." 2 R. S., § 355, p. 119. Under this statute, we have held that, "A motion for a new trial must be in writing, and where the record does not show that the motion was thus made, no question is presented upon the evidence." Kirby v. Cannon, 9 Ind. 371. As the record before us does not show that the motion for a new trial, in this case, was in writing, the errors assigned are not available in this Court. And further, it may be noted that, in the record, there is no proper averment that it contains "all the evidence given in the cause." Indiana Dig. p. 722, rule 30.

Per Curiam

The appeal is dismissed, with costs.