Warner v. Pace

10 Iowa 391

• Court: Supreme Court of Iowa
• Decided: April 18, 1860
• Status: Published

Opinion

Baldwin, J.

The right of trial by jury was waived by both parties and the cause submitted to the District Court. The evidence introduced by the plaintiff and defendants upon the trial is set forth in the transcript. The court found in favor of plaintiff as against Thomas Pace, and dismissed plaintiff’s cause of action as to the rest of the defendants, to which finding of the court the plaintiff excepted, and this action of the court is assigned as error. It does not appear that either party requested that the statement of facts, as found by the court, be reduced to writing and made a part of the record of the case. Nor was there any motionfor a new trial for the reason that such finding was contrary to the evidence, nor does it in any manner appear that any question of law was presented to the District Court for its determination.

When the right of trial by jury is waived and the cause is submitted to the court, and no record of the facts, as found upon trial, is made by the court, the appellate court has no more power to review such finding than it has to review the verdict of a jury. There was no question of law presented to the District Court in this cause to be passed upon. If the evidence was insufficient to justify the court in finding as it did, the plaintiff, by a motion for a new trial, should have presented this question to the District Court.

Judgment affirmed.