54 Neb. 681 | Neb. | 1898
In this case there was a judgment on a verdict against the Albion National Bank in the sum of $560.60. In the
“1. The verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence.
“2. The verdict is contrary to law.'
“3. Errors of law occurring at the tidal duly excepted to.
“4. The verdict is contrary to the instruction asked by defendant.
“5. The court erred in giving the instruction given by the court on its own motion.”
Considering these in the inverse order of the statement of them, it is sufficient to say as to the final assignment that we cannot consider it, for it is directed to a single instruction in a class of which there were nine.
The instruction asked by defendant was to the effect that the taking of unlawful interest must have been done “knowingly.” This assignment, therefore, is in effect that there was no evidence to sustain the contention that the usurious interest was intentionally exacted. Mr. Montgomery testified that interest was paid, as agreed with the bank, at the rate of one per cent per month. He likewise testified as to several payments of usurious interest that they were knowingly received by the bank. Aside from this, his description of the uniform rates at which interest was paid to the bank sufficiently warranted the jury in finding that this uniformity was not attributable to either accident or mistake on the part of its officers.
The assignment of “errors of law occurring at the trial duly excepted to” is not sufficiently definite to challenge attention to any particular part of the trial, and for enlightenment on this subject we must resort to the petition in error, in which we find that the particular error assigned as haidng occurred on the trial was the overruling of an objection to the introduction of any evidence
Incidentally this disposes of the assignment that the verdict was contrary to law; and, with respect to the assignment that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence, it would be unprofitable to state it in detail. We therefore content ourselves with the general observation that this position is not well taken.
The judgment of the district court is accordingly
Affirmed.