Case Name: SPARLING v. SMELTZER
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1905-06-08
Citations: 140 Mich. 461
Docket Number: Docket No. 110
Parties: SPARLING v. SMELTZER.
Judges: Moore, C. J., and Grant, Blair, and Montgomery, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 461–462

Head Matter:
SPARLING v. SMELTZER.
Saving Questions for Review — Case Tried to Court — Findings.
Where in a case tried to the court without a jury, no findings of fact or law are made or requested, and no exception taken to the conclusion announced, error assigned upon the opinion of the court and entry of judgment cannot be reviewed.
Error to Benzie; Chittenden, J.
Submitted April 27, 1905.
(Docket No. 110.)
Decided June 8, 1905.
Replevin by Joseph Sparling against Joseph Smeltzer. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
Affirmed.
Smurthwaite & Alway, for appellant.
D. Gf. F. Warner, for appellee.

Opinion:
Ostrander, J.
This action is replevin for a cow and calf owned by plaintiff and held by defendant, who claimed they were estrays. The case was tried without a jury. No findings of fact or of law were requested, or were made. The court, at the conclusion of the trial, stated his views generally, and these remarks are in the record. No exceptions were taken to any of the conclusions announced. The errors assigned are based upon rulings made in admitting and rejecting evidence, and upon the opinion of the court and the entry of judgment. As to the first, wg have examined them, and are not convinced that any error was committed. As to the others, the case is ruled by McDonell v. Union Trust Co., 139 Mich. 386, and cases therein cited.
The judgment below must be affirmed.
Moore, C. J., and Grant, Blair, and Montgomery, JJ., concurred.