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Wellington v. Howard
5 Ind. App. 539
Ind. Ct. App.
1892
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Reinhard, C. J.

This is an action on a book account. The overruling of a demurrer to the complaint is the first error complained of. The complaint avers that the goods were sold and delivered to the appellant. The bill of particulars filed with the complaint is headed thus:

' “ J. H. Sharp, agent for James Wellington, Anderson, Ind., in account with I. R. Howard & Co., wholesale grocers.” It is claimed that this constitutes a variance between the complaint and exhibit, and renders the former obnoxious to a demurrer. In this view we can not concur. The caption of a bill of particulars is not essential or material, and may be rejected as surplusage. Furry v. O’Connor, 1 Ind. App. 573; Vannoy v. Klein, 122 Ind. 416.

The remaining specification of error calls in question the sufficiency of the evidence. • It is argued by appellant’s counsel that the uncontradicted evidence shows that the goods were sold to Sharp, and not to Wellington, and that the latter was but a guarantor for the former. We have examined the evidence, and find that it tends to sustain the theory that the goods were purchased by Sharp as the agent of Wellington. While there is also evidence of a contradictory nature, we can not undertake to determine where *540the preponderance is, but must presume in favor of the correctness of the ruling of the trial court. The evidence is voluminous, and we can discern no particular benefit in setting it out.

Filed Sept. 29, 1892; petition for a rehearing overruled Dec. 14, 1892.

Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Wellington v. Howard
Court Name: Indiana Court of Appeals
Date Published: Sep 29, 1892
Citation: 5 Ind. App. 539
Docket Number: No. 505
Court Abbreviation: Ind. Ct. App.
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