43 Neb. 28 | Neb. | 1894
This action was brought in the district court of Otoe county by plaintiff in error to recover possession of a stock
The propositions argued in the brief of plaintiff are the following: (1.) The findings are not supported by the evidence. (2.) The court erred in its rulings on the admission of testimony. (3.) The findings do not support the judgment. We cannot review the evidence for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it sustains the findings and judgment, nor the rulings of the trial court on the admission or exclusion of testimony, since no exception was taken to the order overruling the motion for a new trial. To entitle a party to a review in this court, by proceedings in error, of questions which must be raised in the trial court by a motion for a new trial it is indispensable that an exception be taken to the ruling on such motion. (Lowrie v. France, 7 Neb., 191; Tomer v. Densmore, 8 Neb., 384; Burke v. Pepper, 29 Neb., 320.) The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding and the rulings upon the introduction of testimony were both, and properly so, called to the attention of the court below in the motion for a new trial, but the failure of the plaintiff to except to the order overruling said motion precludes this court from considering or passing upon either of said questions. The findings are ample to support a judgment for the value of the property, $850, in case a return cannot be had. The statute authorizes, in an action of replevin, where the
Affirmed,