Court Opinion

ID: 9680295
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:28:32.962761+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:27.529488
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STEINFELD, Judge
(dissenting).
The majority opinion agreed with the chancellor that the pleadings were confusing and noted that after the case had been submitted and an opinion written, the bank, for the first time, asserted a superior claim to the fund in controversy. This was done in an amended answer. It never filed a pleading alleging a debt due it or sought to assert its lien. It contented itself by alleging a superior claim by reason of the warehouse receipt. On appeal it contended that it had a lien on the money in the possession of the receiver.
It is my opinion that the pleadings would not support a judgment in favor of the bank, nevertheless, we are faulting the trial court.
“The parties should be confined in their recovery to that which they are entitled within their allegations.” Williamson v. Romans, Ky., 258 S.W.2d 455 (1953). “(I)t is mandatory that the judgment be warranted by the pleadings.” Leamon v. Leamon, Ky., 302 S.W.2d 624 (1957); Rose v. Griffith, Ky., 337 S.W.2d 15 (1960) and 49 C.J. S. Judgments § 48, p. 108. “A judgment cannot rest on the evidence alone, unless waived by the opposite party.” Howard v. Howard, 264 Ky. 311, 94 S.W.2d 652 (1936); Loew v. Allen, Ky., 419 S.W.2d 734 (1967). I detect no waiver and would affirm the judgment, therefore, I respectfully dissent.