139 Mo. App. 282 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1909
This cause -originated in the justice court on the following complaint:
“Mt. Yernon, Mo., Noy. 20, 1908.
“Mr. T. D. Hope, Miller, Mo.
“In account with the Lawrence County Mutual Telephone Company.
Jan. 1, ’07 to assessement year, 1907.... $ 3.00
April 29, ’07 Emergency assessment...... 2.00
Jan. 1, ’08 to assessment 1st Quarter ’08.. 1.25
April 1, ’08 to assessment 2nd Quarter.... 1.25
July 1, to assessment 3d Quarter...... 1.25
Oct. 1, to assessment 4th Quarter........ 1.25
Total ...........................$10.00”
The cause was appealed to the circuit court and a trial had on the merits, on the 10th day of March,, 1909, resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $10. The appeal was taken in the long form, that is, a full transcript has been filed in this court. The only instrument filed by the respondent in this court is a printed motion to dismiss the appeal, accompanied with a brief and suggestions thereon. The abstract of the record filed by the appellant does not set forth any of the evidence heard by the jury, and counsel for ap: pellant, in referring to the sufficiency of the evidence, refers us to the pages of the transcript wherein we may find the evidence. The abstract does not show any objections to evidence offered by respondent,' or appellant’s exceptions thereto.
It has often been ruled by the appellate courts of the State, that notwithstanding the appeal is taken in-the long form, the appellant is required to file printed abstracts of the record in all cases, and the appellate courts will not go to the transcript to ascertain whether the errors spoken of exist. [Shaffer v. Detie, 191 Mo. 377; McClellan v. Powell, 197 Mo. 495; Halstead v. Stone, 147 Mo. 649; Whitehead v. Railroad, 176 Mo. 475; Mink v. Chesney, 110 Mo. App. 334; Sparkman v. Mining Co., 132 Mo. App. 37; McQueen v. Groff, 105 Mo. App. 165.]
In Shaffer v. Detie, Judge Lamm declared the law
In McQueen v. Groff, Judge Ellison of the Kansas City Court of Appeals, said: “The appeal is taken in the long form, that is, a full transcript has been filed in this court. And on that account, defendant seems to have concluded that a printed abstract is not required, for in referring to the points of objection to the sufficiency of the evidence he refers to the pages of the transcript where he states we may find the evidence. This cannot be allowed, as has been so often ruled by the appellate courts of the State.”
On account of the failure to comply with the statute and rules of the court in the manner above indicated, we are of the opinion that matters of exception are not before the court for review. This does not mean that the respondent’s motion to dismiss the appeal should be sustained. The printed abstract of the record filed by the appellant sets forth the copy of the plaintiff’s cause of action and challenges the sufficiency thereof, and we are of the opinion that the abstract is sufficient in this respect, and hence, ive are called upon for our opinion concerning the sufficiency of the said cause of action, and the motion to dismiss the appeal should be denied.
Any statement of a cause of action filed before a justice of the peace, which sufficiently shows the nature
The record in this cause fails to show any objection made to the sufficiency of the statement, either in the justice court, or at the trial in the circuit court, until the motion in arrest of judgment was filed. Indeed, the defendant filed an answer in writing, showing ■ conclusively that he thoroughly understood the cause of the plaintiff’s complaint, and when we take this statement, together with the answer of the defendant, we believe the pleadings sufficient under the decisions of the appellate courts of this State.
There being no other action of the court complained of, that is before this court for review, the judgment of the trial court will be affirmed.