Morrisey v. Schultz
Morrisey v. Schultz
Opinion of the Court
John Morrisey and wife being owners of valuable vacant lots in the city of Seattle, commenced this action to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the wrongful acts of the defendants, C. W. Schultz, John L. Stanley, George Hanson, and George W. Wilder, in dumping large quantities of earth thereon. The defendant Hanson was not served with process and was dismissed from the action. On trial a nonsuit and order of dismissal was granted to the defendant Wilder, and a verdict for $700 was returned against the defendants Schultz and Stanley, who have appealed from the final judgment entered thereon.
Appellants contend the trial judge erred in admitting evidence offered by respondents and rejecting evidence offered by appellants; in denying appellants’ motion for a nonsuit; in giving improper instructions to the jury; and in errone
Appellants do refer to pages of the statement of facts at which they contend it is shown the trial judge erroneously and prejudicially embarrassed their counsel in his examination of a witness. This is the only citation they make, and it does not sustain their contention. On the contrary it appears that counsel and the witnesses were treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration by the trial court.
The judgment is affirmed.
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- Appeal — Briee—Reverences to Record. Error in rulings on the evidence will not be considered when the brief makes no references or citations to the pages of the statement of facts disclosing the error. Appeal — Preservation ov Grounds — Exceptions to Instructions. Error cannot be predicated upon instructions where no exceptions were taken.