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2 Pin. 401

Borah v. Martin

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1850

Wisconsin Supreme Court · decided 1850-01-15

This was an action.of assumpsit brought by the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error as administrator of Joseph Martin, deceased, for the recovery of a debt due from Martin in his life-time, for work, labor and services done and performed by the defendant in error for him. The plaintiff in error pleaded non-assumpsit and gave notice of set-off.

Decided 1850-01-15

Larrabee, J.

¶1We cannot ascertain, from the record, whether an exception was taken to the charge given to the jury, before or after verdict.

¶2The memorandum of the judge shows that no exception was taken at the time the charge was given, and the plaintiff in *403error contends that the presumption lies in his favor that the exception was made before verdict, because the contrary does not appear. This is not so. We caimot thus presume in favor of the plaintiff in error; he should have taken his exceptions at the proper time, and had them appear seriatim in his bill of exceptions. The only source from which we can infer an objection to the charge, much less a legal exception, is the motion for a new trial, which was, of course, after verdict. Hence we are not at liberty to pass upon this assignment of error.

¶3We see no ground for reversal in the second error assigned. There was a simple question as to the character of the service rendered, and this was to be determined from weighing all the evidence in the cause. This was exclusively the province of the jury, and this court will not, upon slight grounds, interfere with that decision.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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