Legal Opinion

Robbins v. Bank of Starke County

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1917No. 23,270PublishedCited by 6 opinions

From Starke Circuit Court; Osear B. Smith, Special* Judge. Action.by Henry Robbins and others against the Bank of Starke county and others. From a judgment for defendants, the plaintiffs appeal. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 590.)

1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, C. J.

1. This is a suit by appellants to recover attorneys’ fees. The first and second assignments of error challenge the action of the circuit court in sustaining appellees’ motion to submit the 'cause to a jury. This objection may be raised only as a ground in a motion for a new trial. Kelley v. Bell (1909), 172 Ind. 590, 595, 88 N. E. 58; Horlacher v. Brafford (1895), 141 Ind. 528, 532, 40 N. E. 1078.

2. The third assignment is that the court erred in overruling appellants’ motion for a new trial. This motion is not set out in appellants’ brief, either in substance or in full, and all questions…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kelley v. BellIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Gross v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Horlacher v. BraffordIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Pugh v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1915
  5. White v. State ex rel. HuffIndiana Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gross v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  2. State ex rel. Biddle v. BirdenIndiana Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Peel v. OverstreetIndiana Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Cassidy v. WardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919
  5. Oelfke v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1923

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