Case Name: Butt v. The Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1870-11
Citations: 34 Ind. 162
Docket Number: 
Parties: Butt v. The Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 34
Pages: 162–162

Head Matter:
Butt v. The Toledo, Wabash, and Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court.— Weight of Evidence.—The Supreme Court will not, upon the evidence, reverse a finding, where the evidence is conflicting, and consists .entirely of the testimony of witnesses who testified in the presence of the -court below.
APPEAL from the Miami Circuit Court.
N. 0. Ross and R. P. Effinger, for appellant.
W. Z.. Stuart, .-for .appellee,

Opinion:
Pettit, C. J.
This suit was brought by the appellant against the appellee, to recover damages for killing stock on her-railroad. The issues were regularly made; trial by the court,-and .finding and judgment for the defendant Motion .for a.new trial overruled, exceptions, and appeal to this court. The -.only question before us in this record is the correctness of the finding of the court below on the evidence, all of which . is in the record. The evidence was all oral and unwritten, rand is conflicting and contradictory; and the judge who tried the case was Better able to determine its strength, weight, and the .reliability of witnesses than we are; and therefore we cannot reverse, but must affirm the judgment.
Judgment affirmed, at the costs of the appellant.