30 Iowa 60 | Iowa | 1870
Appellee, while admitting the correctness of the abstract, as shown by the record, claims that there is a mistake in the record itself, and that the cause was tried on the 15th, judgment entered on the 18th, and motion for new trial made on the 19th of August. It is not insisted that, under the provisions of section 3114 of the Bévisión, this motion for new trial could properly be entertained after the period of three days from the rendition of judgment. The record must here be taken as conclusive of the facts which it recites. If erroneous in any respect, it should have been corrected by proper proceedings in the court below. But as the remaining error assigned, in the view which we adopt, disposes of the case upon its merits, we forbear any further consideration of this question.
In the case of Bradley v. Kavanagh, which was an action prosecuted by the widow and administratrix of the deceased, for the recovery of a horse bought by the deceased in his life-time, the administratrix was held to be a competent witness. It is not possible, in principle, to distinguish that case from this. In that ease, the horse, if recovered, became assets in the hands of the administratrix, subject to distribution after the satisfaction of the debts of the deceased. In this, the defeating of the plaintiffs’ claim leaves a fond already in the hands of the administratrix the subject of distribution in the same manner. Regarding the question presented in this case as definitely settled in Bradley v. Kavanagh, we consider any further discussion of it unnecessary.
Reversed.