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2 Ind. App. 694

Stephenson v. Elliott

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided February 23, 1895

Indiana Court of Appeals · decided 1895-02-23

<p>Instructions to Jury.—Sow Made Part of Becord.—Piling, etc.—Instructions given, in order to be made apart of the record, must be filed, and the fact of the filing must be shown in the transcript. Appellate Court Practice.—Sufficiency of, and Weight of, Evidence.— The appellate tribunal will not weigh conflicting evidence, nor reverse where there is evidence tending to support the finding of the court below.</p>

Relies on Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Wright · O'Donald v. Constant · Beem v. Lockhart

Decided 1895-02-23

Davis, J.

¶1This cause is here for the second time. Stephenson v. Elliott, 2 Ind. App. 233. A trial by jury, after former reversal, resulted in judgment against appellant. Two questions are discussed by counsel for appellant on this appeal.

¶21. That the court erred in giving instruction No. 2, asked by appellee.

¶32. That the verdict is contrary to the evidence.

¶4Appellee insists that the instructions are not properly in the record. An effort has been made to bring the instructions into the record under the provisions of section 544, R. S. 1894 (section-535, R. S. 1881). There is *695nothing in the record showing that the instructions, were ever filed. See subdivision 6 of section 542, R. S. 1894 (section 533, R. S. 1881). In the language of O’Donald v. Constant, 82 Ind. 212: “The transcript contains no copy of the clerk’s notation of the filing, nor any recital that they were filed.” Under the statute and the decisions in this State, the instructions can not be considered as being in the record. Louisville, etc., R. W. Co. v. Wright, 115 Ind. 378 (393); Beem v. Lockhart, 1 Ind. App. 202; Killion v. Hulen, 8 Ind. App. 494.

Filed Feb. 23, 1895.

¶5The evidence is conflicting. There is, it is true, ample evidence in the record tending to sustain appellant’s theory of the case. On the’ contrary, there is evidence on appellee’s theory of the case tending to prove that appellant was not entitled to recover anything against Mm.

¶6There is no reversible error in the record.

¶7Judgment affirmed.

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