Court Opinion

ID: 9711056
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:23:36.647293+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:01.908101
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On Petition for Rehearing
Cooper, J.
This matter is now before us on a Petition for a Rehearing. The Petition for Rehearing affirmatively shows that the appellants herein have apparently employed new counsel, and, at this time, is attempting to attack solely the competency of the appellants’ original attorney.
The appellants herein seek permission to file an amended brief anew because of the lack of skill, the negligence, incompetence and inadvertence of former counsel. This, of course, we cannot do. A rehearing will not be granted to permit a party to file additional briefs, or briefs anew. Rownd v. State (1898), 152 Ind. 39, 51 N. E. 914, Rehearing Denied 152 Ind. 39, 52 N. E. 395; Schrichte v. Stites’ Estate (1890), 127 Ind. 472, 26 N. E. 77, rehearing denied 127 Ind. 472, 26 N. E. 1009.
A petition for rehearing is a request to the court to revise its own action by correcting errors and modifying or setting aside its judgment. Parker et al. v. The State ex rel. Powell (1892), 133 Ind. 178, 32 N. E. 836, rehearing denied 133 Ind. 178, 33 N. E. 119.
*69Rule 2-22 of the Supreme Court of Indiana, which, of course, has the force and effect of law, provides:
“Application for a rehearing of any cause shall be made by petition, separate from the briefs, signed by counsel, and filed with the clerk within 20 days from rendition of the decision, stating concisely the reasons why the decision is thought to be erroneous. Such application may, if desired, be supported by briefs, but such briefs will not be received after the time allowed for filing the petition. Parties opposing the rehearing may file briefs within 10 days after the filing of the petition.”
The object of a petition for a rehearing is to point out mistakes of law or of fact, or both, which the losing party contends were made by the court in arriving at its decision. Its purpose is not to request the court generally to examine all the questions in the record or all of the questions decided against the party filing it. Lesh v. Johnston Furniture Co. (1938), 214 Ind. 176, 13 N. E. 2d 708, motion denied 214 Ind. 176.
For the reasons hereinabove set forth, the appellants’ Petition for Rehearing is denied.
Note. — Reported in 159 N. E. 2d 144.
Rehearing denied 161 N. E. 2d 195.