4 Iowa 544 | Iowa | 1857
-The appellant in his argument, as originally submitted in writing, seeks to reverse the judgment below, alone upon the ground that the entire consideration money for the real estate sold by respondent, remains unpaid. It would seem that counsel for appellee submitted his argument, also in writing, without having seen that of appellant, for throughout he assumes such payment as a matter about which there was no controversy, and makes no response to the only point in defendant’s brief. It being thus manifest to the court, that for some cause, one, if not both parties were laboring under a mistake as to what was contained in the record, we called their attention to the same, and this led to the filing of the affidavits referred to
Acting upon the rule recognized in Coffin v. Hammond, 3 G. Greene, 241, we would entertain no doubt of our right to determine the case upon the record and affidavits before us. We are equally clear, that in the exercise of a sound discretion, it is entirely competent to remand the case for the purpose above indicated. It will, accordingly, be so remanded.