74 Ind. App. 112 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1920
Lead Opinion
It is not claimed by appellees that the act of 1917 under consideration repealed the prior statutes with reference to motions for new trials, but they contend that the evident purpose of said §5 thereof, as applicable to such motions, was to require a specific statement in the memorandum provided therein, showing wherein any particular statutory cause on which such motion is based is sufficient to require that it be sustained. We cannot concur in this contention. If it had been the intention of the general assembly in the enactment of said section that a party filing a motion in a cause should not only be required to specify, in a memorandum attached thereto, the reasons why it should be sustained, but, in the event that such motion is for a new trial, that such memorandum should go further and state the reasons why the various statutory causes on which such motion is based are sufficient to require that such motion be sustained, it is reasonable to presume that some provision would have been made to indicate such intention. As the act does not contain such a provision, we are not authorized to enlarge its meaning in that regard by construction. The act of 1911 requiring a memorandum to be filed with a demurrer to a pleading for want of facts is cited by appellees in support of their contention; but the situation in the two cases is so far
For the reasons stated, the motion to dismiss the appeal is overruled.
Opinion on the Merits
Decision on Merits.
Affirmed on the authority of Kinnison v. Rarick (1919), 71 Ind. App. 455, 125 N. E. 80; Campbell v. Nebeker (1877), 58 Ind. 446, and Nicholson v. Smith (1916), 60 Ind. App. 385, 110 N. E. 1007.