19 Ind. App. 127 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1898
— Action by appellee against John W. Utterback, Trustee of Coal Creek school township,
A copy of the certificate of assessment and of the coupons attached thereto is filed with and made a part of the complaint. After the filing of the complaint, and before any further proceedings, were had in said cause it was made to appear that since the beginning of the action one Ebert M. Morrow' had succeeded John W. Utterback as trustee of Coal Creek school township and he was substituted as defendant in the place of Utterback. The complaint was not tested by demurrer in the lower court. Defendant Mary C. Ford appeared and filed an answer disclaiming any interest in the real estate sought to be affected by the action, and thus passed out of the case. Appellant Ebert M. Morrow, trustee, etc., appeared and filed his separate answer in one paragraph, which answer is as
A demurrer was filed to the answer and sustained. The appellant refusing to plead further, the court rendered the following judgment: “That the plaintiff ought to recover of the defendant Ebert M. Morrow as trustee the sum of twenty-five dollars and ninety-five cents of which amount the sum of fifteen dollars is for plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and that said sum is a lien upon the real estate hereinafter described. It is therefore considered and adjudged by the court that the plaintiff recover of and from the defendant Ebert M.
It will be observed that no answer was ever filed for Coal Creek school township and that if any judgment was rendered against that township the same is not appealed from. The assignment of errors in this court is entitled “Ebert M. Morrow Trustee of Coal Creek school township of Montgomery county, Indiana, vs. William H. Shober.” The errors assigned are:
“1. The complaint of appellee William H. Shober does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
“2. The court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the answer'of appellant.”
The words “Trustee of Coal Creek school township” in every instance following the name of Ebert M. Morrow in the complaint, the answer and the judgment rendered by the court, and the assignment of errors, filed in this court, can only be regarded as. •desoriptio personae.