52 Ind. App. 105 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1913
This appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of appellee and against appellant, for the alleged wrongful appropriation of a highway, which provided the only means of going to and from appellee’s property. The errors relied on for reversal are (1) that the complaint does
We do not deem it necessary to determine the theory of the complaint. No motion was made to make the complaint more specific, or that appellee be required to separate her causes of action into paragraphs. The well-settled rule is that a complaint will be held good when attacked for the first time on appeal, if sufficient to bar another action. The complaint before us is clearly sufficient on the theory of dedication to bar another action. Southern R. Co. v. Roach (1906), 38 Ind. App. 211, 215, 78 N. E. 201; Lewis Tp. Improv. Co. v. Royer (1906), 38 Ind. App. 151, 154, 76 N. E. 1068; Indianapolis Traction, etc., Co. v. Smith (1906), 38 Ind. App. 160, 164, 77 N. E. 1040; Xenia Real Estate Co. v. Macy (1897), 147 Ind. 568, 572, 47 N. E. 147; Peoria, etc., R. Co. v. Attica, etc., R. Co. (1900), 154 Ind. 218, 221, 56 N. E. 210; City of South Bend v. Turner (1901), 156 Ind. 418, 421, 60 N. E. 271, 54 L. R. A. 396, 83 Am. St. 200.
The judgment is affirmed.
Note. — Reported in. 100 N. E. 392. See, also, under (1) 31 Cyc. 82; (2) 2 Cyc. 1013; (3) 3 Cyc. 275.