Grabill v. Bearden
Grabill v. Bearden
Opinion of the Court
This suit was begun before a justice on a promissory note for $200, purporting to be signed by the defendant, the execution of which was denied under oath. The case was appealed to the circuit court, where it was submitted to the court without a jury, and a verdict and judgment rendered for defendants, from which plaintiff appealed.
The errors claimed are the refusal of two declarations of law requested by plaintiff to the effect that, if
The refusal of payment by defendant would not warrant plaintiff in neglecting to sue a comaker; it should rather have promoted such action as a measure of ordinary prudence. Neither does the declaration submit the question of the intent of defendant in failing to couple with his refusal to pay an explanation of the reason. It is also apparent that the declaration wholly fails in other respects’to comply with the foregoing on the subject of estoppel in pais. Hence its refusal was not error.
Moreover, if the declaration had been properly framed, the action of the trial court in refusing it would have to be affirmed, since the record shows that other declarations were given for defendants which are not set out in the abstract. In such cases the presumption is indulged that the omitted declarations of law stated all the law of the case, and authorized the refusal of those inserted in the bill "of exceptions. Elliott v. Rosen
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