Case Name: John Brown v. Sarah R. Haak and Sarah L. Hahn
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1882-04-25
Citations: 48 Mich. 229
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Brown v. Sarah R. Haak and Sarah L. Hahn.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 229–230

Head Matter:
John Brown v. Sarah R. Haak and Sarah L. Hahn.
Bequest for findings — Error not presumed.
Requests for findings must be made before judgment. Circ. Ct. Rule 87.
Error must be affirmatively shown by the record; presumptions cannot be made for the purpose of founding it thereon.
Error to Lake.
Submitted April 6.
Decided April 25.
Assumpsit. Defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
J. Q. Patterson and M. Brown for appellants.
Beardsley da JudTcins for appellees.

Opinion:
Marston, J.
There is no written finding of facts in this case, and the only question really open is whether the court erred in refusing to make such a finding. Whether the reasons assigned by the court for not finding the facts could be considered valid or not we need not determine, as it must first appear that a proper request was timely made for such .a finding. The record shows that the defendants' attorney requested in writing such a finding, but it does not appear when this request was made, whether before or after judgment. The Rule, 87, requires the request to be made before judgment, and we cannot presume that a request was so made in order to found error thereon. The record must show error affirmatively, which it does not in this case.
The judgment must be affirmed with costs.
The other Justices concurred.