Case Name: BOARDMAN v. TOFFEY
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1886-03-15
Citations: 117 U.S. 271
Docket Number: 
Parties: BOARDMAN v. TOFFEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 271–272

Head Matter:
BOARDMAN v. TOFFEY.
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ifHE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY.
Argued March 11, 1886.
Decided March 15, 1886.
If the trial below is by the court without a jury, and the findings of facts are general, only such rulings of the court in the progress of the trial can be reviewed as are presented by a bill of exceptions.
The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
■ Mr. James B. Vredenburgh for plaintiff in error submitted on his brief.
Mr. Preston Stevenson for defendant in er-ror.

Opinion:
Me. Chief Justice "Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This judgment is affirmed. The trial was by the court without a jury and there is no special finding of facts. The only questions presented by the bill of exceptions which we can consider are those which relate to the refusal of the court to allow certain interrogatories to be put to witnesses on the stand, and in these we find no error. The general finding prevents all inquiry by us into the special facts and conclusions of law on which that finding rests. Norris v. Jackson, 9 Wall. 125; Cooper v. Omohundro, 19 Wall. 65, 69; Martinton v. Fairbanks, 112 U. S. 670, 673.
Affirmed.