Case Name: Smith v. Straus
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1881-04-20
Citations: 1 Ind. L. Rep. 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith v. Straus.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 155–156

Head Matter:
Smith v. Straus.
Error must be Clearly Shown.—Although it may, on appeal, seem probable that a plaintiff’s demand was reduced by set-off so as to throw the costs upon him, yet where a motion to so tax costs against him is overruled in the court below, the presumption of the correctness of the ruling must prevail unless the reduction is shown by the record.
Filed April 20, 1881.
Appeal from Clinton.
McClurg & Kent, for appellant.
Joseph C. Suit, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion of the court by
Mr. Justice Elliott.
Two points are stated in the brief of appellant. The first is that the finding is not supported by the evidence; the second is that the court erred in overruling appellant's motion to tax costs against appellee.
The evidence, although conflicting, supports the finding, and under a firmly settled rule it is our duty to uphold it.
The brief of appellant does not point out any specific error in the ruling upon the motion to tax costs. In his motion he states for cause that the plaintiff's recovery was not reduced below fifty dollars by a set-off or counter claim, and this is the only intimation given us of the ground upon which he claimed a judgment for costs. We have looked into the evidence, and think it very probable that the appellee's recovery was reduced upon the issues of set-off and counter claim, both of which were tendered by the answer of appellant. At all events, there is nothing in the record countervailing the presumption that the ruling of the court below was right.
Judgment affirmed with costs.