Daugherty v. Farrar
Daugherty v. Farrar
Opinion of the Court
The complaint in this case upon which the cause was tried was in two paragraphs, the first being to quiet title to certain lands in Marshall county, Indiana, and was in the usual short form. The second was based upon a certain deed to said lands and a contract alleged • to have been executed simultaneously therewith, and as a part of the same transaction, between one Josiah Farrar, the father of appellee and of appellant Ada Farrar Daugherty, and said Ada Farrar
“In case of my death the above mentioned land is to be at once deeded to W. C. Farrar, Josiah Farrar.”
That said Josiah Farrar was dead and that a demand had been made upon appellants to convey to appellee the one-half interest in said land as in contract provided.
To this complaint appellants answered in general denial. Ada Farrar Daugherty also filed a cross-complaint alleging that she was the owner of said lands and asked that her title be quieted thereto as against the claim of appellee. This cross-complaint was answered by general denial.
The issues thus formed were submitted to the court for trial, which, at the request of the parties, made a special finding of facts and stated its conclusions of law thereon favorable to the appellee. Decree was entered accordingly.
No exceptions were taken to the conclusions of law, but the appellants duly filed their motion for a new trial on the grounds that: The decision was not sustained by sufficient evidence; that the decision was contrary to law; error in admitting certain offered testimony; error in excluding certain offered testimony.
The alleged errors relied upon for a reversal are: (1) Overruling demurrer to complaint; (2) overruling motion for a new trial.
Appellants in their brief have stated no “point” in which it is claimed the evidence is insufficient to sustain the special findings, but, on the contrary, expressly say (appellant’s brief p. 46) : “We do not question there is some evidence to sustain all the facts found, and under the rules of this court, it will not look to the preponderance, and therefore, this case must be decided upon the conclusions of law as supported by the evidence.”
Appellants in their brief have presented no questions upon the rulings of the court in admitting and excluding-testimony and, as no exceptions were taken to the conclusions of law, the judgment must be affirmed. Judgment affirmed.
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