Burns v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; HoN. C. H. Parmüljííí, Judge. On motion to dismiss. The case having been tried to a jury, and a final verdict returned, a motion for new trial was necessary to authorize a review of the errors complained of; a bill of exceptions was also necessary, and is required by the plain language of the statute. There being no bill and hence no motion for new trial the cause here should be dismissed.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; HoN. C. H. Parmüljííí, Judge. On motion to dismiss. The case having been tried to a jury, and a final verdict returned, a motion for new trial was necessary to authorize a review of the errors complained of; a bill of exceptions was also necessary, and is required by the plain language of the statute. There being no bill and hence no motion for new trial the cause here should be dismissed. (Smith v. Casper, 5 Wyo., 510; Freeburgh v. Lamoureux, 12 id., 41; Groves v. Groves, 9 id., 177; Boulter v. State, 6 id., 66; Seibel v. Bath, 5 id., 409.)…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chiee Justice.
This cause was heard on the motion of defendant in error to dismiss, on the ground that no reviewable error is presented.
The cause was brought in the District Court by the plaintiff in error to recover damages for the alleged killing of *500certain cattle of plaintiff by an engine or engines of the defendant. A jury trial was had resulting in a verdict for the defendant, whereupon judgment was rendered dismissing the cause and awarding defendant its costs.
The petition in error complains of that judgment and assigns as error:(1) That the court erred in overruling- plaintiff's…
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