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3 Ind. 303

Smith v. Smith

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 25, 1852

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1852-05-25

<p>It is immaterial whether the motion to suppress a deposition was correctly overruled or not, if the deposition was not read at the trial.</p> <p>The party who, after an order for a change of venue, appears by attorney and submits the cause to a jury in the Court which granted the order, waives the right to remove the cause under the order previously made.</p>

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““The transcript shows that after the order for a change of venue was made, the cause remained in the court in which the order was made, and was continued from term to term for several terms. The parties, after those continuances, appeared in court by their respective attorneys, and submitted their cause to the jury, upon whose verdict the judgment now in question was rendered. It is plain, therefore, that the defendant waived the right of removing the cause under the order they had obtained. ’ ’”

quoted by 1 later decision, including State Ex Rel. D. R. Higley v. District Court of Carbon County

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1852-05-25

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently February 1956

4 state decisions

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Blackford, J.

¶1This was an action of indebitatus assumpsit brought by Dennison B. Smith and George A. Hazzard against Horace B. Smith. There are two counts— one for goods sold and delivered, and the other for money had and received.

¶2Plea, non assumpsit.

¶3Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiffs.

¶4The defendant’s first objection to the judgment is, that *304the deposition of Charles E. Bailey should have been suppressed. The defendant’s motion to suppress Bailey's deposition was overruled, but whether correctly or otherwise is immaterial, as the plaintiffs did not, on the trial, read that deposition.

D. Mace, for the plaintiff.E. H. Brackett and R. C. Gregory, for the defendants.

¶5The second objection made to the judgment is, that notwithstanding the Court ordered a change of venue, the cause was tried by the same Court that made the order.

¶6The transcript shows that after the order for a change of venue was made, the cause remained in the Court in which the order was made, and was continued from term to term for several terms. The parties, after those continuances, appeared in Court by their respective attorneys, and submitted their cause to the jury, upon whose verdict the judgment now in question was rendered. It is plain, therefore, that the defendant waived the right of removing the cause under the order they had obtained.

¶7The last objection is, that the evidence does not sustain the verdict.

¶8There is not the slightest reason to doubt on this point. There was only one witness, but his evidence clearly shows the verdict to be right. He heard the defendant expressly acknowledge that he had purchased and received the goods, for the price of which the suit was brought, and that he owed the plaintiffs for them. The judgment is for the amount of the debt, with interest from the time the principal was acknowledged to be due.

Per Curiam.

¶9The judgment is affirmed with 10 per cent, damages and costs.

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