Coddington v. Richardson
Supreme Court of the United States
Coddington v. Richardson, 77 U.S. 516 (1870)
Coddington v. Richardson
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
No exceptions were taken to the admission or rejection of evidence on the trial, nor any special statement of facts found by the court. The only statement after closing the evidence, is, “ and the court thereupon found the issue for the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at the sum of $5000.”
There is no question of law arising upon the pleadings or the trial. Those attempted to be raised refer to the evidence,'as embodied in the record, but which, in a trial of the facts before- the court, a jury being waived, we do not look into. We look into them only when found by the court.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Norris v. Jackson (9 Wallace, 125) and Flanders v. Tweed (lb. 425), affirmed: and it is-again decided that under the act of March 8d, 1865, authorizing parties to submit the issues of fact in civil cases to be tried and determined by the court, this court will not review a general finding, upon a mass of evidence brought up; and that if a party desires to have the finding reviewed, he must have the court find the facts specially, so that the case may come here as on a special verdict or case stated.