42 Ind. App. 301 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1908
Lead Opinion
In the assignment of errors Philip McArdle is named as appellee, and Peter McArdle is not named therein. The first assignment of error is that the court erred in sustaining the separate demurrer of appellee Philip McArdle to appellants’ amended first paragraph of complaint. The record does not show that Philip McArdle filed any such demurrer. It is therefore shown that the cause of action was instituted against the Tipton Light, Heat & Power Company and Philip McArdle; that afterwards, by amended complaint, Peter McArdle was brought into the suit, and upon the ruling upon this amended complaint a joint judgment was rendered in favor of said company and Peter McArdle. This is the only judgment rendered in the cause, and is the judgment appealed from. It is therefore sought in this appeal to reverse a judgment in which Peter McArdle has an interest without making him a party to the appeal. This, under our well-settled practice, cannot be done, the rule being that the assignment of errors must be against the persons in whose favor the alleged erroneous ruling was made. Braden v. Leibengutk (1890), 126 Ind. 336; Waldrip v. McConnell (1908), ante, 54; Moon v. Cline (1895), 11 Ind. App. 460.
It is manifest that this court has no jurisdiction to reverse a judgment in favor of Peter McArdle without his having been made a party to the appeal.
Appeal dismissed.
Roby, J., absent.
Rehearing
In addition to the authorities cited in the original opinion we add: Garside v. Wolf (1893), 135 Ind. 42; Gregory v. Smith (1894), 139 Ind. 48; Hunderlock v. Dundee Mortgage, etc., Co. (1892), 88 Ind. 139.
.Petition for rehearing overruled.