Legal Opinion

Scobey v. Decatur County

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1880No. 4958PublishedCited by 2 opinions

From the Decatur Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

— This cause was tried upon an issue made by an answer of general denial to the complaint of appellant, who was the plaintiff below. The appellees recovered judgment for costs.

The only error assigned is the ruling of the court denying *552appellant’s motion for a new trial. Appellant asks us to examine a ruling made by the circuit court, excluding evidence offered by him, but this we can pot do, because the .motion for a new trial does not even refer to the ruling-excluding the evidence. Under the often repeated decisions of this court, we can not examine a ruling excluding evidence unless the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. DonnellIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Bibbler v. WalkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Benoline Co. v. State Ex Rel. BettmanOhio Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Metzger's Petition, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1926

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