Olivieri v. Aguilú
Olivieri v. Aguilú
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The court below after a trial on the merits dismissed an action for the restoration of the possession of real property by way of injunction; and appellant now says that:
“1.- — The court below erred in not rendering judgment on the pleadings.
“2. — The court below erred in weighing the evidence and rendering judgment against the evidence and the law.”
The motion for a judgment on the pleadings was based on a defective verification of the answer. Defendant offered to amend if the court deemed it necessary and did amend before the rendering of judgment. Instead of disposing of the motion at the time it was made, the court took the matter under advisement, and proceeded with the trial of the case. That, of course, is not commendable practice and assuming that the verification was fatally defective, the refusal of the court to pass upon the question so raised before proceeding with the trial, if objected to by plaintiff, probably would have required a reversal. But plaintiff
Conceding for the sake of argument that appellants’ theory of the law covering other aspects of the instant case is correct, in a general way, yet a careful examination of the evidence discloses no such manifest error in the weighing thereof as to justify this court in disturbing the conclusion reached by the trial judge, save in so far as the award of costs is concerned. We find in the record, all things considered, no adequate basis for the pronouncement in this regard.
The judgment appealed from should be modified accordingly and as modified affirmed.
Modified and affirmed.
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