Case Name: Meeker and Another, Administrators, v. Patty and Others
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1855-06-14
Citations: 6 Ind. 467
Docket Number: 
Parties: Meeker and Another, Administrators, v. Patty and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 467–468

Head Matter:
Meeker and Another, Administrators, v. Patty and Others.
Thursday, June 14.
In every bill of exceptions purporting to set out the evidence on motion for a now trial overruled, the words “this was all the evidence given in the cause,” are, by a rule of the Supreme Court, to be regarded as technical, and indispensable to repel the presumption of other evidence.
APPEAL from the Wayne Court of Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appellees sued the administrators of Reuben Worth, deceased, to recover a distributive share of an estate, alleged to have come into the hands of Worth in his lifetime. The Court tried the cause and found for the plaintiffs. New trial refused, and judgment on the finding.
W A. Bickle, for the appellants.
J B. Julian, for the appellees.
The insufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, is the only error assigned.
In the record there is a bill of exceptions, which sets out certain evidence, but it contains no sufficient statement that all the evidence given on the trial is embraced in the bill. A rule of this Court, established at the May term, 1853, provides, that "in every bill of exceptions purporting to set out the evidence on motion for a new trial overruled, the words 'this was all the evidence given in the cause,' are to be regarded technical, and indispensable to repel the presumption of other evidence." The form of expression required by the above rule, viz., "this was all the evidence given in the cause," has not been followed in the present case. We must therefore presume that the Court below had before it evidence sufficient to sustain the judgment.
The judgment is affirmed, with 3 per cent, damages and costs.