Bryant v. School Town of Oakland City

The appellees have filed no brief in this case. The failure or inexcusable neglect of an appellee to file a brief in support of a judgment appealed from, and controverting the alleged errors complained of by appellant, may be deemed a confession of error, and the court is justified, in its sound discretion, either to determine the questions presented by the appellant’s brief, or to reverse the judgment without prejudice to either party, without considering the appeal on its merits, Neu v. Town of Bourbon (1901), 157 Ind. 476, 62 N. E. 7; Burroughs v. Burroughs (1913), 180 Ind. 380, 103 N. E.…