Church v. Myers
Church v. Myers
Opinion of the Court
Petition for rehearing is denied; original opinion is withdrawn and the following substituted.
The action was begun in the, county court of Logan county; application for change of venue to Denver county court denied, followed by the joining of issues on the pleadings, and a trial resulting in a judgment against defendant, Church; he appealed to the district court of said county, and renewed his application for change of venue, which was allowed, and the cause sent to the county court of Denver county, where another trial resulted in a verdict and judgment' against defendant, Church, who brought the ease here bn appeal.
It is contended by appellant that the county court of Logan county had no further jurisdiction of the cause beyond carrying out an order granting Ms motion that he filed there, in apt time, for a change of venue to Denver county, where the defendant lived and was served with process; and that, as the district court, aforesaid, sustained his motion for a change of venue, renewed in that court, on appeal, and sent the case to the county court of Denver county, it was error for the latter court to set the case for trial without first giving him an opportunity £ito raise such issues of law and fact on the original complaint as he might be advised;” claiming that the cause was not at issue in the latter court, for the reason that all proceedings settling the issues in the county court of Logan county were void and of nq effect, because done after motion for change of venue was filed.
■ Assuming, but not deciding, that the order of the district court, granting the change of venue, not being excepted to, but acquiesced in, by appellee, annulled all proceedings in the county court of Logan county, after the denial of the change of venue therein; nevertheless, the files which included the pleadings therein, joining the
“The court shall.in every stage of an action disregard any error or defect in the pleadings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the parties, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.”
Appellant further contends that the proof of agency was insufficient between Church, the defendant, and Turman, who employed the plaintiff and those who assigned their claims to him. The action was commenced against both Church and Turman to recover for men and teams used in cleaning a ditch on a ranch belonging to Church. The action was dismissed as .to Turman, and his cross-complaint struck from the files by the Logan county court, and no appeal was taken by him to the district court, nor does he appear in the Denver court, or in this court.
The evidence has been carefully examined and considered, and it is concluded that it was sufficient to justify the court in submitting the issue of agency to the jury and to sustain the verdict for the plaintiff against Church. No useful purpose can be subserved by a discussion of the evidence, and the law applicable thereto, as no question would be decided which has not been announced by former decisions of this court and the supreme court of this state.
The appellant further contends that there was a variance between the pleadings and the proof; that error occurred on the admission and in the exclusion of certain evidence; that the court erred in permitting an amendment of the complaint after the evidence was in, and that the assignments of the other claims to plaintiff were irregular, and the proof insufficient thereupon as to the same question of agency already disposed of; but it is concluded that there was no reversible error committed
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The. judgment is affirmed.
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