Case Name: King v. Wilkins and Others
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1858-05-28
Citations: 10 Ind. 216
Docket Number: 
Parties: King v. Wilkins and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 216–217

Head Matter:
King v. Wilkins and Others.
Assignment of error as follows: “ That the Court below dismissed the plaintiff’s bill, and gaye judgment for the defendants, when by the law, said Court should have given judgment for the plaintiff. Hdd, bad.
APPEAL from the Vigo Circuit Court.
Friday, May 28.
Mr. Nelson cited 2 R. S. p. 161; 7 Ind. R. 580; Id. 589; 8 id. 257, 499, 96, 471.

Opinion:
Worden, J.
This was a bill in chancery, filed under the old practice, but, heard and determined under the new. The object of the bill was to secure certain property claimed to be due the complainant for rent, and to enjoin the sale of the same.
The cause was tried by the Court, and there was a finding for the defendants. Motion for a new trial made and overruled; and judgment for defendants on the finding.
The plaintiff duly excepted to the decision of the Court overruling the motion for a new trial, and took a bill of exceptions setting out the evidence. This is all the exception there was taken in the Court below.
The only error assigned is, " that the Court below dismissed the plaintiff's bill, and gave judgment for the defendants, when by the law, said Court should have given judgment for the plaintiff."
Passing over the fact that the exception was taken to one ruling of the Court, and the error assigned is upon another, we think the above assignment of error is wholly insufficient. The statute requires a specific assignment of all errors relied upon. 2 R. S. p. 161, § 568. Questions under this section have frequently been before this Court. The case of Kimball v. Sloss, 7 Ind. R. 589, is directly in point, where the error assigned was, that the judgment was for Sloss when by law it should have been for Kimball. It was held that the error assigned raised no question for the consideration of the Court. •
A. Kinney, for the appellant.
T. H. Nelson, for the appellees .
That ease is decisive of the present.
Per Owriam. — The judgment is affirmed with costs.