Case Name: Joseph Storey et al. v. Macha M. Burns
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1898-02-02
Citations: 53 Neb. 535
Docket Number: No. 7821
Parties: Joseph Storey et al. v. Macha M. Burns.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 535–536

Head Matter:
Joseph Storey et al. v. Macha M. Burns.
Filed February 2, 1898.
No. 7821.
Proceeding's in Equity: Review. A review by petition in error of the proceedings during the trial in the district court of an equity cause cannot be obtained in this court if no motion for a new trial was filed in the trial court; and in a case so presented here, the record will be examined no further than to ascertain whether the pleadings state a cause of action or defense and support the judgment or decree.
Error from f lie district court of Adams comity. Tried below before Beall, J.
Affirmed.
Capps & Stevens, for plaintiff in error.
Batty, Dungan é Burton and ill. A. 11 artigan, contra.

Opinion:
Harrison, C. J.
This action was commenced by the defendant in error in the district court of Adams county December 29, 1893, to procure the foreclosure of a real estate mortgage. Issues were joined, and on June 23, 1894, as a result of a trial, the defendant in error was awarded a decree.
The cause is presented to this court by petition in error on behalf of the defendants in the district court. There ivas no motion for a new trial filed for plaintiffs in error in the trial court. It is the rule that to obtain a review in this court by petition in error of the proceedings during the trial of such an action as this a motion for a new trial must be made in the trial court as in a law action. (Carlow v. Aultman, 28 Neb. 672; Hansen v. Kinney, 46 Neb. 207.) In an error proceeding to this court, where it appears that no motion for a new trial ivas filed in the district court, no further examination will be made than to ascertain whether the pleadings state a cause of action or defense and support the judgment or decree rendered, (Hansen v. Kinney, supra.) The petition in the present case states a cause of action and supports the decree. The latter must therefore be
Affirmed.