Case Name: Erwine v. Scotten
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1871-11
Citations: 38 Ind. 289
Docket Number: 
Parties: Erwine v. Scotten.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 289–289

Head Matter:
Erwine v. Scotten.
Appeal.—Notice to Co-parties.—Where one only of two defendants in an action appeals to the Supreme Court from the judgment rendered therein, without giving notice of the appeal to his co-defendant, the appeal will be dismissed.
APPEAL from the Wayne Common Pleas.
W. A. Bickle, for appellants.
J. Yaryan, for appellee.

Opinion:
Pettit, J.
This suit was brought on a promissory note by the appellee against William P. Erwine, Edwin Erwine, and William Conner. The process was returned served on William P. Erwine and William Conner, but Edwin Erwine was not found, which was noticed on the record. There was a trial had and a judgment rendered against William P. Erwine and William Conner, and William P. Erwine only prayed and took an appeal. He has not given notic'e to his co-defendant of the appeal, and the appeal must be dismissed. 2 G. & H. 270; Kirby v. Holmes, 6 Ind. 33; Kain v. Gradon, 6 Blackf. 138; and Wickham, v. Hess, ante, p. 183.
The appeal is dismissed, at the costs of the appellant, Erwine.