49 Ind. App. 284 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1912
This is a consolidation of two eases instituted in the Miami Circuit Court by George O. Hoffman, in his individual capacity, and George O. Hoffman, as administrator of the estate of Bertha J. Hoffman, deceased, against Jonathan Isler and Homer Isler, to recover damages for an alleged wrong which caused the death of said Bertha J. Hoffman. The venue of both cases was changed to the Cass Circuit Court, where they were consolidated and tried together.
It was charged in the complaint that Jonathan Isler caused the arrest of said Hoffman .on the charge of selling mortgaged property; that Homer Isler, at the direction of Jonathan Isler, went to the Hoffman house and read a part of a chattel mortgage to Hoffman’s wife, Bertha J. Hoffman, and demanded possession of the property therein described; that the excitement produced by his demands caused a nervous collapse and serious illness from which she died.
A jury was waived, and the case tried by the court, which found for appellees. A motion for a new trial was overruled and this appeal taken.
The only error assigned is the ruling on the motion for a new trial.
Appellees insist that the evidence is not properly in the record, and that no question is presented for decision, since the grounds of the motion for a new trial are as follows: (1) The decision is contrary to law; (2) the decision was not sustained by sufficient evidence; (8) the improper admission and exclusion of evidence.
There is attached to the record in this case what purports to be a bill of exceptions, properly signed by the trial judge, into which is incorporated a transcript of the evidence, but there is no order-book entry showing that such bill of exceptions was ever filed with the clerk of the Cass circuit court.
In the case of Howe v. White, supra, it is said: “The fact that the bill was filed in the cause, and the date of such filing, must be shown either by an entry of record or by the certificate of the clerk.”
While the certificate shows the filing of the longhand manuscript of the evidence, it does not show that the bill of exceptions was filed, and this is a fatal omission in the
In the case of Miller v. Evansville, etc., R. Co., supra, on page 572, it is said: “It is firmly settled by the decisions of this court that the transcript of the proceedings which comes to this court must affirmatively show, independent of the bill, that the latter was filed in the office of the clerk, and also the date of filing the same. ’ ’
The briefs of appellant are assailed as not complying with the rules of this court, and while we have not considered the ease from this standpoint, we may say there is ground for such objection.
Prom the briefs presented on both sides, we are impressed with the idea that the trial court reached a correct conclusion on the facts of the case, and that the judgment would have to be affirmed on its merits were the questions properly presented.
Judgment affirmed.