Bell v. Randolph
Bell v. Randolph
Opinion of the Court
— This case is before this court upon a partial record of the proceedings had in the court below. The transcript before us discloses that appellants filed a complaint in the court below in two paragraphs, only the second of which appears in the record. The appellees filed a cross-complaint in two paragraphs, only the second of which appears in the record. Issues were formed upon both the complaint and the cross-complaint, as appear by the record before us. These issues were submitted to a jury for trial, and upon them a general verdict was returned in favor of appellees, together with answers to interrogatories, which appear in the record. A bill of exceptions, setting out the court’s instructions to the jury, also appears in the record, but the evidence is not incorporated in the bill of exceptions. A motion was made in the court below by the appellants for a judgment in their favor upon the answers to the interrogatories notwithstanding the general verdict, and the action of the court in overruling this motion is the only alleged error presented here as ground for a reversal.
Counsel for appellants rely upon the fact that the court, in its instructions to the jury, states that “the amended complaint consists of one paragraph,” and that the “defendant Thomas R. Randolph has filed a cross-complaint, the second paragraph of which is before you,” as establishing the fact that the sole issues presented to the jury were those arising upon the second paragraph of the complaint and the second paragraph of the cross-complaint.
The judgment of the court below is affirmed.
Roby, J., absent.
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