Nelson v. Johansen

Plaintiff in error having failed to appear in this cause, and having filed no brief, the cause was submitted by defendant in error without brief or argument, according to the provisions of rule four of this court, in force at the time the same was filed.

While it could not be expected that, without the aid of briefs and arguments of counsel calling the attention of the court to the errors complained of, we can be able to give *181the case that critical examination which it would otherwise receive, yet we devote to it sufficient attention to examine the questions pi’esented by the record, and…