Hoover v. Jones
Hoover v. Jones
Opinion of the Court
The appellee sued the appellant before a justice of the peace to recover certain personal property. The justice’s record shows an appearance of the parties, a trial, and finding in favor of the plaintiff for the goods, and $5 damages for their detention. The defendant (appellant) appealed to the circuit court, where the case was tried de
This motion was overruled, and an exception saved. The overruling of the motion is the only alleged error.
The motion was not in writing, nor is it shown affirmatively that every hypothesis upon which it could have been overruled was excluded.
The motion asked the court to tax to the appellee “ the accrued and accruing costs.” This meant the taxation of all the costs to the appellee. But the appellant was liable at least for the costs which had accrued before the justice, and hence the motion as made was not well taken. The court was not bound to examine the record and ascertain just what costs should be taxed to the opposite party when it was found that all the costs should not be taxed- as demanded by the motion. Bush v. Groomes, 125 Ind. 14.
The judgment is affirmed.
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