McCumber v. Haynes
McCumber v. Haynes
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case was tried to the court. No exception was saved to the judgment, which forbids us to consider or determine the errors, if any, committed in determining questions of fact. One assignment of error is of so general a character as to permit of no examination. This practically disposes of all matters except those arising from the form of the judgment and the course which the .court pursued in disposing of the case.
The controversy grew out of a sale of some real property in Fremont county owned by Mrs. Haynes and sold to the appellant, McCumber. A brief general statement of the controversy and the form of its disposition will make plain the reasons for our decision. In November, 1893, Mrs. Haynes sold the property to McCumber and conveyed it by deed containing general covenants of warranty, but without a covenant against incumbrances. The parties agree in regard to the amount of the actual consideration, .which was $5,400, though that expressed in the deed was $10,000. The differences between them come from their different contentions respecting the incumbrances, liens, and charges which McCumber was bound to pay as a part of the consideration money. It is admitted that the property was incumbered for $2,000, and some unpaid interest charges, due Crippen, Lawrence & Co. It is also conceded that there were sundry liens for unpaid taxes, as well as assessments on some ditch stock which was transferred with the title and was a part of that which McCumber was entitled to receive. The parties disagree as to whether the number of shares of ditch stock was six or seven, but this matter is wholly immaterial. At the time of the conclusion of the trade, McCumber gave his note for $2,810, and executed a trust deed to secure its pay
As already suggested, the only point made by the appellant in the assignment of errors and legitimately presented by the record is as to the regularity of this judgment. It may be questioned whether the judgment which the court should have entered ought not to have been a judgment determining the amount due from the plaintiff to the defendant, denying the injunction and permitting the plaintiff to satisfy the trust deed on the payment of this amount. We are inclined to the opinion this would have been a safer and a better judgment to enter, and would have been a final adjudication between the parties as to the amount of the indebtedness and a complete settlement of all their rights. Though we are of this opinion, the error, if any, which the court committed, is not one which permits us to overturn the judgment. The appellant has assigned no error which we can consider which can be held prejudicial to his rights. He practically got, by the finding of the court and the indorsements on the paper, credit for all the sums which he had paid, and by the payment of the balance remaining due McCumber would have been entitled to the satisfaction of the trust deed-, could have prevented any sale, and the rights of the parties would have been completely determined. Since this is true, the statute does not permit us to reverse the judgment, nor does the record present a case which we are called on to adjudicate and determine. Under these circumstances, the only judgment which the appellant is entitled to in this court is one for the entry of the proper decree expressing the rights of the parties according to the terms of this decision, which he may have, if he is so advised and desires. The injunction which has been issued will be dissolved.
Subject to this limitation, the judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.
Wilson, J., not sitting.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.