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7 Ind. 139

Payne v. McClain

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1855

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1855-12-01

<p>Points assigned for error, but which are not argued or supported by authority, may be regarded as waived.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1881

3 state decisions

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Decided 1855-12-01

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Stuart, J.

¶1MecClain filed his complaint against Payne and Ross, to foreclose a mortgage given to secure the payment of 2,000 dollars.

¶2The complaint is in the usual form, setting out the contract, and appending the notes and mortgage as exhibits.

¶3In an amendment to the complaint, a further indebtedness of 230 dollars is set up, which is alleged to be a further and additional part of the purchase-money of the mortgaged premises, and not included in said notes. McClain sets it up as a lien on the land, and insists that he is entitled to a judgment for the 230 dollars, with interest from the date of the mortgage.

¶4Notice by publication appears from the record to have been duly made, in conformity to the statute. 2 R. S., p. 35.

¶5Payne and Ross were defaulted, and judgment was rendered in accordance with the prayer of the complaint.

¶6After the rendition of the judgment, and during the same term of the Court, Payne and Ross appeared by their attorneys, and prayed an appeal to this Court.

¶7The errors assigned are, that the Court rendered judgment against the defendants on insufficient notice, and that the Court rendered judgment upon the claim set out in the amended complaint, and made it a lien on the land. But the positions taken against the judgment below are not argued or supported by authority. Even these objections may therefore be regarded as waived.

Per Curiam.

¶8The judgment is affirmed, with 3 per cent, damages and costs.

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