Fontaine v. Pickle

Nov 22, 1971
No. 46414
Reporters:
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Before:
Sugg
SUGG, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Attala County, Mississippi from ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍a decree awarding appellee a judgment in the amount of $1,560.

On March 1, 1971, this Court entered an order striking the notes of the court reporter ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍because notice was not given to the court reporter to transcribe her notes as required by Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 1640 (Supp.1971).

The only error assigned by ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍the appellant was a question of fact decided by the trial court, and in the absence of a transcript of the evidence, the rule is well ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍settled that we, as a reviewing court, must presume that the evidence was sufficient to support the final decree; therefore, the *770case is affirmed. Harvey v. Dunaway ‍​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‍Brothers, 232 Miss. 89, 98 So.2d 143 (1957).

Affirmed.

GILLESPIE, C. J., and JONES, BRADY and SMITH, JJ„ concur.