Trefethen v. Dalton

CONREY, P. J., Concurring.

I concur in the judgment. While the record has been examined, I think it appropriate to suggest that the court is not under obligation to search the record for errors beyond those properly brought to light in an appellant’s brief.

In Rule YIII, section 3, governing the practice on appeals, it is provided that “the pleadings need not be printed in such briefs, but the nature of the action and the substance of the pleadings must be stated in general terms”. Section 953c of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to appeals presented under the so-called “alternative…