Case Name: Reder et al. v. Bellemore
Court: South Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: South Dakota
Decision Date: 1902-12-31
Citations: 16 S.D. 356
Docket Number: 
Parties: Reder et al. v. Bellemore.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Dakota Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 356–357

Head Matter:
Reder et al. v. Bellemore.
On appeal from the judgment alone, it will be presumed, in the absence of a complete statement of all the testimony introduced at the trial, that the findings are based on sufficient evidence.
(Opinion filed December 31, 1902.)
Appeal from circuit court, Custer county. Hon. Levi McGee, Judge,
Action by Alice O. Reder and another against Thomas Bellemore. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Ed. L. Grantham, and B. B Woodt for appellant.
G. E. Smith, for respondents.

Opinion:
Fuller, J.
According to the complaint and findings of fact, appellant wrongfully ejected respondents from their own dwelling house, situated on certain partially improved government land upon which they bad made legal settlement, and to the possession of which they were lawfully entitled. He also harvested and appropriated to his own use wheat and oats which respondents had sown during the spring of 1900, and which the court found to be of the value of $350. On this appeal from the judgment alone, awarding respondents the possession of the premises, and damages in the sum of $350. It will be presumed, in the absence of all the testimony introduced at the trial, that the findings of the court below are based upon sufficient evidence. Gade v. Collins, 8 S. D. 322, 66 N. W. 466; Bonrne v. Johnson, 10 S. D. 36, 71 N. W. 140; Blackman v. City of Hot Springs, 14 S. D. 497, 85 N. W. 996. The complaint, to which no objection was made at the trial, states a cause of action, and the judgment is amply sustained by findings of fact clearly within the issues made by the pleadings.
No available error occurring at the trial appears from the record, as presented, and the judgment appealed from is affirmed.