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136 Ind. App. 123

Noll v. Braun

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 6, 1964

Indiana Court of Appeals · decided 1964-04-06

Decided 1964-04-06

Carson, C. J.

¶1This action comes to us from the Adams Circuit Court and involves a decision of the trial court on issues joined upon the final decision of the surveyor and remonstrances thereto filed by the appellants with reference to the establishment of a drainage ditch in Adams County, Indiana. The court *124below found against the remonstrators and this appeal was processed.

¶2Separate motions for new trial were filed but the grounds of the motions were identical:

“1. The finding or decision of the court is not sustained by sufficient evidence or is contrary to law.”

¶3The errors assigned were:

“1. The court erred in overruling appellants’ motion for a new trial.
2. The court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial of Thompson R. Noll and Allie Noll.
3. The court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial of Eloise A. Noll.
4. The court erred in its order approving and confirming the assessments and declaring the proposed work of drainage established.”

¶4In the argument portion of the appellants’ brief we find the following statement:

“The only error we urge is that the decision is erroneous in fixing excessive benefits and awarding inadequate damages to appellants.”

¶5The appellants’ in their motion for new trial under the provisions of §2-2401, Burns’ 1946 Replacement, failing to make a proper assignment, no error is presented for our consideration. The cases have consistently held that error relating to damages must be assigned under Clause 4 or 5 of the above section. This opinion will not be burdened with an unnecessary list of authorities, but attention is directed to the annotations under the statute.

¶6For the reason above set out judgment is affirmed.

Cooper, Ryan and Faulconer, JJ., concur.

¶7Note.—Reported in 197 N. E. 2d 310.

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