Ragains v. Geiser Manufacturing Co.

63 P. 687, 10 Okla. 544

• Court: Supreme Court of Oklahoma
• Decided: September 6, 1900
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion of the court by

Burwell, J.:

The above named plaintiff in error commenced his action in replevin against the defendant in error, in the probate court of Kay county, to recover the possession of certain personal property seized by The Geiser Manufacturing company for the purpose of foreclosing a chattel mortgage executed by Eagains to it, to secure the payment of certain notes in the total sum of $800.00, which had been executed by Eagains to The Geiser Manufacturing company in payment of a threshing separator. A trial was had in the probate court which resulted in judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and from this judgment the defendant appealed, and a trial de novo was had in the district court. After the plaintiff had introduced all of his evidence, the defendant filed his demurrer thereto, which was sustained by the court. Thereupon, judgment was rendered for the defendant for costs, from which the plaintiff appealed.

We have carefully read the entire record in this case and find that a considerable portion of the evidence introduced upon the trial has been omitted from the case-made. It was the duty of the appellant, when he appealed from the judgment of the trial court, if he desired to have this court review the evidence introduced upon the trial and determine as to whether or not the demurrer to the evidence was properly sustained, to bring up all of the evidence introduced upon the trial, by case-made or bill of exceptions; and, inasmuch as he has failed to do this, he is not in a position to say that the trial court was not authorized to render the judgment entered in this case. A number of letters, etc., which were introduced in evidence, and which were very material to the issue, are wholly omitted from the record. Eeference is made to them, but they are not attached to, or copied into the case-made, ""d as their introduction in evidence unmistakably appears from the record itself, tbe certificate of the trial judge to the effect that the case-made contains all of the ■evidence will not change or modify this rule.

We will here say, however, that, under the evidence presented, we think the judgment of the trial court was correct, and it will not be presumed that the appellant omitted any evidence from the case-made that was particularly favorable to him. This court has heretofore announced the rule that a case will not be reviewed upon the evidence unless all of the evidence bearing upon the particular point sought to be reviewed is presented by the-case-made or bill of exceptions. (Pappe v. American Fire Ins. Co., 8 Ok. 97, and cases therein cited.)

For the reasons herein stated, the judgment of the trial court is hereby affirmed, at the cost of the appellant.

Hainer, J., having presided in the court below, not sitting; all of the other Justices concurring.