Case Name: Kelley v. City of Crawfordsville
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1895-09-20
Citations: 14 Ind. App. 81
Docket Number: No. 1,767
Parties: Kelley v. City of Crawfordsville.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 81–82

Head Matter:
No. 1,767.
Kelley v. City of Crawfordsville.
Harmless Error. — Sustaining Demurrer to Paragraph of Answer. —Error in sustaining a demurrer to a paragraph of an answer is harmless, if all the matters available under such paragraph might have been given in evidence without plea.
Courts. — Decision of Supreme Court Binding on Appellate Court.— An adjudication by the Supreme Court is binding on the appellate court, under section 1362, R. S. 1894, providing that the latter court shall be governed in all things by the law as declared by the Supreme Court.
From the Montgomery Circuit Court.
Filed September 20, 1895.
Wright & Seller, for appellant.
Thomas & Whittington, for appellee.

Opinion:
Gavin, J.
Appellant's argument relates solely to the error of the trial court in sustaining a demurrer to one paragraph of its answer by which it sought to test the validity of the city ordinance upon which the prosecution was based.
In its opinion transferring the case to this court, 40 N. E. Rep. 1082, and in the decision upon which that opinion is founded, Berkey v. City of Elkhart, 141 Ind. 408, the supreme court expressly adjudged that the question presented by counsel was not properly raised by the answer, because all matters available under this answer might have been given in evidence without any plea and any error, in sustaining the demurrer was harmless.
The judgment is therefore affirmed.
Filed December 17, 1895.