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13 Fla. 579

Penny v. Holmes

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 1, 1869

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1869-07-01

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in Escambia County, rendered in an action of replevin instituted by Penny against Holmes. There was a judgment for defendant, from which the plaintiff appealed. The error assigned in this case required a consideration of the testimony in order to its determination, and there was no bill of exceptions in the record. The case is decided solely upon this point.

Decided 1869-07-01

WESTCOTT, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This is an appeal from a judgment in an action of replevin instituted in Escambia county.

¶3The case both as to, the law and the facts was submitted to the court, and after due consideration of the same, judgment was rendered for the defendant, (the appellee here,) in the court below.

¶4The evidence submitted to the court is not before us. There is no bill of exceptions in the record. We have nothing but the judgment of the court before us, and we cannot presume that it is wrong.

¶5We deem it unnecessary to discuss the effect of the constitutional requirement directing that the evidence shall be reduced to writing by the clerk under the control of the court and filed with the papers in the case, as this matter has been decided at this term after mature consideration, our conclusion being that this section does not dispense with the necessity of a bill of exceptions.

¶6The judgment is affirmed.

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