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111 Ind. 46

Low v. Deiner

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1887

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1887-05-14

<p>Instructions to Jury.—Supreme Court.—Evidence Not in Record.—Where the evidence is not in the record, the Supreme Court can not say that instructions given or refused were erroneous.</p>

Relies on New v. New

Decided 1887-05-14

Elliott, C. J.

¶1The questions argued by the appellant’s counsel arise on the ruling denying a new trial, but the argument is unavailing, for the reason that the evidence is not in the record.

¶2It is incumbent on the appellant to affirmatively show that the trial court erred in refusing instructions, and this can not be done in such a case as this unless the evidence is in the’ record, for we can not say that they were not properly refused because not applicable to the evidence; nor can we say, in the absence of the evidence, that the instructions given were erroneous, for there might have been a case under the *47issues in which they would have been entirely proper. New v. New, 95 Ind. 366.

Filed May 14, 1887.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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