Case Name: Kurlbaum, Respondent, v. Roepke, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1858-03
Citations: 27 Mo. 161
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kurlbaum, Respondent, v. Roepke, Appellant.
Judges: Judge Napton concurring,
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 161–161

Head Matter:
Kurlbaum, Respondent, v. Roepke, Appellant.
1. The revised code of 1855 does not require a finding of the facts where a cause is tried by the court.
2. Where a cause is tried by the court without a jury and no instructions or declarations of law are asked or given, the supreme court will not interfere by ordering a new trial.
Appeal from St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court.
Goodlett, for appellant.
S. H. Gardner, for respondent.

Opinion:
Scott, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was commenced after the code of 1855 was in force. The case was tried by the court, the parties having waived a jury. The present code does not require a finding of the facts when the issues in a cause are tried by the court. The old practice in such cases is now revived. When a cause is tried by the court sitting as a jury and no instructions or declarations of law are asked or given on the trial, this court will not interfere by ordering a new trial.
Judge Napton concurring,
the judgment is affirmed.