Case Name: FUGATE & KELLY vs. MUIR
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1845-07
Citations: 9 Mo. 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: FUGATE & KELLY vs. MUIR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 351–352

Head Matter:
FUGATE & KELLY vs. MUIR.
Where a cause is tried by the court sitting as a jury, and no exceptions are taken until after a verdict is rendered, the judgment will not he reversed in the supreme court.
ERROR to Jackson.

Opinion:
Scott, J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This cause was submitted to the court sitting as a jury, and no exceptions were taken to the introduction or exclusion of any testimony, nor were any instructions asked, nor the court required to declare the law on the facts of the case. After a verdict is found against the plain tiff in error, then for the first time exceptions are taken. They are then too late; Little & Noecker vs. Nelson, 8 Mo. R. 709; Von Phul vs. City of St. Louis, 9 Mo. R. These cases are in accordance with the ancient and long established usage of this court. Davis vs. Scruggs, 2 Mo. R. 187.
The other judges concurring, the judgment will be affirmed.