Case Name: Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Company v. Grimes
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1921-02-18
Citations: 75 Ind. App. 83
Docket Number: No. 10,726
Parties: Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Company v. Grimes.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 75
Pages: 83–84

Head Matter:
Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Company v. Grimes.
[No. 10,726.
Filed February 18, 1921.]
Appeal. — Appellee’s Failure to File Briefs. — Reversal.—Where there is apparent error in the ruling and judgment of the trial court, as presented by appellant’s brief, appellee’s failure to file a brief will be taken as a confession of error, and the judgment will be reversed.
From Parke Circuit Court; Barton S. Aikman, Special Judge.
Action by Joe W. Grimes against the Chicago, Terre Haute and Southeastern Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
Reversed.
Beasley, Douthitt, Crawford & Beasley and W. F. Peter, for appellant.

Opinion:
Nichols, J.
This action is for damages for breach of an alleged oral contract covering the transportation of cattle from St. Bernice, Indiana, to the stockyards at Chicago, Illinois.
Appellant contends that the alleged oral agreement was void because the shipment was interstate, that appellant had no tariff in effect containing the terms of such oral agreement or any service thereby called for, and that such alleged agreement was an unlawful discrimination. There is apparent error in the ruling and judgment, of the trial court, as presented by appellant's brief, and, as appellee has' filed no brief, such failure is taken as confession of error.
The judgment is therefore reversed, with instructions to the trial court to grant a new trial.