Wetherell v. Goodrich
Wetherell v. Goodrich
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiffs insist that the decree below must stand, because there is no certificate of the judge or clerk, and no agreement of the parties, that the transcript contains all of the evidence used on the trial. Upon examining the record, we find that this objection is well taken. There is no record entry showing ppon what evidence the cause was heard. Nor is there any such certificate of the judge, or any agreement of the parties. Among the papers, we find certain loose and detached depositions in the original form. We have simply a certificate of the clerk, at the end of the transcript, that it contains “ the original depositions in said cause.” But in fact it contains no depositions whatever. Assuming the detaehed depositions to be those referred to, we cannot know that we have all that the clerk transmitted, or, if all, we do not know that they were all that were used on the trial in the court below. We have so often pointed out the proper course to be pursued when a review is sought of a chancery cause tried by the first method, that wé content ourselves with a reference to some of the cases relating to this subject. If counsel will not follow, when the plain path is marked out, they must expect to find their causes affirmed. Davenport v. Ells, at present term; Anderson v. Easton, 16 Iowa, 56, and cases cited; Fords v. Vance, 17 Id., 94.
We have less regret at this- result in the present' cause, for, assuming that we have all the evidence, we are dis
Affirmed.
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