Court Opinion

ID: 6618514
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 20:26:26.264614+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:58:37.305680
License: Public Domain

Ellison, J.
This action is based on an account for sixty-three cords of wood, at $1.30 per cord, credited by part payment. No instructions were asked or given, and no exceptions were taken to ruling on the evidence. The judgment below was for the defendant. The wood was bought for the purpose of burning brick. Defendant paid for all that was delivered and measured at the brick yard. The balance was hauled away by the party who was burning the brick, but was not delivered, measured, or used at the brick kiln. It seems that defendant was not burning the brick himself, but was aiding the party who was doing so. The testimony for plaintiff tended to establish that the contract'between plaintiff and defendant was that plaintiff bought the wood as it was corded on the ground where it was cut. On the other hand the evidence for defendant tended to .show that he would not pay for any wood until it was delivered at the yard and measured. It is clear that if the testimony in behalf of defendant is to be believed the plaintiff can not recover. The trial court determined the case in favor of defendant’s theory and we, under numerous cases in the appellate *356courts of this state, are powerless to interfere. There need not be any contention or dispute over the propositions of law advanced by plaintiff, since the defendant has given evidence of a state of facts, which, if true (and we must accept it as true), determines the case here in his favor. Judgment is therefore affirmed.
All concur.