Associates Investment Co. v. Snyder

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendants on a promissory note. Appellees have not filed a brief in support of the judgment of the trial court.

Our courts have adopted a rule that the failure of an appellee to file a brief controverting the errors complained of in cases where the appellant’s' brief makes a prima facie showing of reversible error, may be taken as a confession of such errors. In such cases the judgment may accordingly be reversed, and the cause remanded without prejudice to either party. This rule is not to be invoked for the benefit of the appellant but for the…