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29 Ind. 154

Dickensheets v. Kaufman

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1867

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1867-11-15

<p>Appeal afteb Payment. — To an appeal from a judgment for money,' it was pleaded in har of the appeal that the judgment had been paid before the appeal.</p> <p>Held, that the plea was no bar, as an appeal may be taken after payment.</p>

Relies on Dickensheets v. Kaufman

Decided 1867-11-15

Frazer, C. J.

¶1This is an appeal from a money judgment. In bar of the appeal, it is pleaded that before taking the appeal the appellant fully paid the judgment, and it was entered satisfied. Demurrer to the plea.

¶2The demurrer must be sustained. There is a conclusive reason for this in the provisions of the statute authorizing appeals to this court from all final judgments, except under certain circumstances named, and as this case is not within the exceptions named, it cannot be regarded as one. 2 G-. & H., § 550, p. 269. There is good ground to support the justice of this legislation. Money voluntarily paid upon a judgment may, if inequitably retained after reversal of the judgment, be recovered back. Green v. Stone, 1 Har. & John. (Md.) 405.

¶3,Note. — This opinion should have appeared with the judgment upon the merits, but was accidentally omitted. See Dickensheets v. Kaufman, 28 Ind. 251. The point here decided is referred to in Armes v. Chappel, 28 id. 469.

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