Court Opinion

ID: 6531794
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 20:19:49.056212+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:22.506607
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Taylor, J.
Motion to set aside a judgment rendered, for want of an assignment of errors.
During the present term, the judgment in this case has been affirmed, because there had been'no assignment of errors.
The record was filed, and the case docketed during the last term. From the affidavit of Mr. Acre, the attorney for the plaintiff in error, it appears, that during the last term, a conversation passed between him and Mr. Sallee, the counsel for the defendant, in which it was agreed, that he might make the assignment at his leisure; that he did not believe any *82advantage would be attempted oa this account, and therefore, had omitted making the assignment; believing, also, that the ease would not be called for trial, during this term; that no inconvenience can arise to the other party, from thin omission, as it is a chancery case, in which a general assignment is all that will be required; and that the appeal has not been taken for delay, but in the hops of reversing the decree, on the merits.
We are not willing to encourage applications of this kind, and thus promote negligence in making assignments of error, in proper lime. Therefore, although this motion will be sustained, wo wish it understood to be, upon the peculiar circumstances of the case.
If there were any prospect of reaching the cause this term, in the regular call of the docket, or probably if it were a suit at law, the facts stated in the affidavit would be considered insufficient. But as, from the nature of the case, it must be understood, that the whole record will be before the Court, as the cause can not be called for trial at this.term, and therefore, the defendant cannot be prejudiced by the failure of plaintiff’s counsel to have assigned errors heretofore, and especially, as the affiant swears to merits, we believe the motion should be sustained— the Judgment is accordingly set aside, and the cause reinstated on the docket.