Hart v. Weber
Hart v. Weber
Opinion of the Court
Atlee Hart instituted an action of replevin to obtain possession of 125 bushels of corn and 75 bushels of oats. The jury found the right of property and the right of possession in the ■ defendants. Plaintiff has prosecuted error from the judgment entered thereon, alleging in the petition in error: (1) the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence; (2) verdict is contrary to law; (3) errors of law occurring at the trial; (4) the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.
The third assignment above set forth is insufficient to present any question for review by this court. (Murphy v. Gould, 40 Neb. 728; Houston v. City of Omaha, 44 Neb. 63; Mullen v. Morris, 43 Neb. 596; Wanzer v. State, 41 Neb. 238; Imhoff v. Richards, 48 Neb. 590; Boyd v. Mains, 52 Neb. 314; McCord v. Hamel, 52 Neb. 286.)
The fourth assignment is too indefinite for consideration, since the motion for a new trial presented several different grounds therefor. (Glaze v. Parcel, 40 Neb. 732; Stein v. Vannice, 44 Neb. 132; Sigler v. McConnell, 45 Neb. 598; Conger v. Dodd, 45 Neb. 36; Wax v. State, 43 Neb. 19; McCord v. Hamel, 52 Neb. 286.)
It is not insisted here that the verdict is contrary to. law, but it is argued that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict. Plaintiff claimed the possession of the property by virtue of a chattel mortgage given by the defendants on “40 acres of wheat, * * 60 acres of corn, * " situated on S. W. N. E. and W. ‡ S. E. and S. E. S. 'W. sec. 31, twp. 28, range 1,” to secure the payment of two promissory notes, — one for $200 and the other in the sum of $225. The defendants insist that both notes have been paid in full. A perusal of the evidence preserved in the bill of exceptions satisfies us that the same supports the finding of the jury for two reasons: In the first place there is not a scintilla of evidence to show that the property replevied is embraced in plaintiff’s mortgage.. Mr, Hart, the plaintiff, was his only witness,
It is finally insisted that the judgment should be reversed, because the verdict contains no assessment of damages. As this question is not raised in the motion for a new trial, nor in the petition in error, the objection will be dismissed without further comment. (Frey v. Drahos, 7 Neb. 194.)
The conclusion reached leads to an affirmance of the judgment.
Affirmed.
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