Kleinknecht v. City of Evansville

204 N.E.2d 872, 137 Ind. App. 345, 1965 Ind. App. LEXIS 589
CourtIndiana Court of Appeals
DecidedMay 11, 1965
Docket19,804
StatusPublished
Cited by6 cases

This text of 204 N.E.2d 872 (Kleinknecht v. City of Evansville) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana Court of Appeals primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Kleinknecht v. City of Evansville, 204 N.E.2d 872, 137 Ind. App. 345, 1965 Ind. App. LEXIS 589 (Ind. Ct. App. 1965).

Opinions

Martin, J.

The appellants’ assignment of errors—

1. The court erred in overruling the- appellants’ motion for a new trial.

' 2. The court erred in not reopening said cause to hear evidence on newly discovered evidence material to the party applying, which appellants could not with reasonable diligence have discovered and produced at the trial.

The appellants have not discussed in the argument portion of appellants’ brief the second assigned error.

[347]*347Accordingly, appellants have waived this specification of error. Rule 2-17 of the Supreme Court, 1964 Edition. McCracken v. Hunter et al. (1962), 134 Ind. App. 157, 186 N. E. 2d 884.

The appellants’ brief does not comply with Rule 2-17 (e) of the Supreme Court. In the case of Board of Med. Regist. and Exam., etc. v. Bowman (1958), 238 Ind. 532, 534, 150 N. E. 2d 883, (rehearing denied), the Court stated:

“(e) The brief shall contain under the heading ‘Argument’ a'specification of such of the assigned errors as are intended to be urged, and each cause in the motion for a new trial which is intended to be urged. After each assignment of error relied upon — except the ruling on a motion for a new trial, and after each cause for a new trial relied upon, there shall be concisely stated the basis of the objection to the ruling complained of,. . .” Peckham v. Smith, A Minor, etc. (1960), 130 Ind. App. 452, 165 N. E. 2d 609; Estate of Stuart et al. v. Kesterson et al. (1959), 130 Ind. App. 130, 159 N. E. 2nd 321 (rehearing denied, transfer denied).

Under the argument portion of appellants’ brief “B”, “C”, “D”, and “E”, these portions of the appellants’ brief do not refer to any particular assignment of cause for a new trial.

Errors assigned and causes for a new trial not treated as herein directed shall be deemed to be waived. Rule 2-17, supra.

This leaves the appellants with two questions under their motion for a new trial to be disposed of by the court.

First, the decision of the court is not sustained by sufficient evidence.

Second, the decision of the court is contrary to law.

Thus, the appellants assail the finding and judgment.

[348]*3481. The decision of the court is not sustained by sufficient evidence.

In the matter of the annexation of certain unincorporated territory to the City of Evansville, Indiana, the Superior Court of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, on July 26, 1961 entered the following finding and judgment:

“The Court now finds that the respondent City of Evansville, Indiana, has, by its evidence, demonstrated the presence of the following determinants, and each of them with relation to the territory to be annexed to said City under Ordinance No. 2396, as amended, adopted the 16th day of November, 1959, namely:
“(a) That the annexation is in the best interests of the City and of the territory to be annexed;
“(b) That the area is urban in character, being an economic and social part of the annexing City;
“(c) That the terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance, as amended, are fair and just;
“(d) That the City is financially able to provide municipal services to the annexed area within the reasonably near future;
“(e) That the area sought to be annexed is needed for the development of the City in the reasonably near future; .
“(f) That the lines of annexation are so drawn as to form a compact area abutting the municipality;
“and the Court further finds that the costs of this action should follow the judgment.
“IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, by the Court that Ordinance No. 2396, as amended, of the City of Evansville, Indiana, by the terms of which said City annexed to the following described territory, to-wit:
“Parts of Section 27, Township 6 South, Range 11 West; Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 11 West; lying in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows:
[349]*349“Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 11 West, also being the Southwest corner of the present City Limits; thence West along a line parallel to the South line of Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 11 West to the West line of said Section 34; thence North along said line to the North line of said Section; thence continuing North along the West line of Section 27, Township 6 South, Range 11 West, to the North line of said Section; thence East along said North line to the South right-of-way line of the Louisville Nashville Railroad; thence Southeasterly along said right-of-way to a point 180 feet West of the center line of Tekoppel Avenue, said point also being the present City Limits; thence South along said City Limits line to the place of beginning;
“and which said ordinance, as amended, is found in Ordinance Book 14, at page 377 of the Ordinance Records of said City in the possession of the City Clerk thereof,be and the same hereby is sustained as against the remonstrance filed thereto by Charles Kleinknecht, et al.
“AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, forthwith, deliver a certified copy of this judgment to the Clerk of the City of Evansville, who shall record the same in the Ordinance Record of said City and make a cross reference to the page thereof upon the margin where such annexation ordinance, as amended, is recorded.”

The trial court took such action pursuant to §48-702 Burns 1963 Replacement. Said section reads in part, as follows:

“Such evidence demonstrating the presence of the following conditions shall be considered the primary determinants of the annexation’s merit:
“(a) The annexation is in the best interests of the city and of the territory sought to be annexed.
“(b) The area is urban in character, being an economic and social part of the annexing city.
[350]*350“(e) The terms and conditions set forth in the ordinance are fair and just.
“(d) The city is financially able to provide municipal services to the .annexed area within the reasonably near future.
“(e) The area sought to be annexed, if undeveloped, is needed for development of the city in the reasonably near future.
“(f) The lines of the annexation are so drawn as to form a compact area abutting the municipality.
“If the judge of the court shall find that the primary 'determinants enumerated above apply to the annexation, it shall take place notwithstanding, further, the provisions of any other statute of this state.”

The following stipulation was entered into:

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Sarringhaus v. City of Shelbyville
271 N.E.2d 471 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1971)
Ross v. APPLE, D/B/A SHERIDAN AIRPORT
240 N.E.2d 825 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1968)
Glenn v. Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co.
209 N.E.2d 900 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1965)
Kleinknecht v. City of Evansville
204 N.E.2d 872 (Indiana Court of Appeals, 1965)

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
204 N.E.2d 872, 137 Ind. App. 345, 1965 Ind. App. LEXIS 589, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/kleinknecht-v-city-of-evansville-indctapp-1965.