Sucker State Drill Co. v. Brock

Carmody, J. This is an action by plaintiff, a foreign corporation, against defendants on two promissory notes for the sums of $180 and $880, respectively, both dated October 27, 1902. Defendants set up in their answer, as a defense to the payment of said notes, a failure of consideration. On these issues the case was tried to a jury. At the close of defendants’ case the plaintiff moved the court to direct a verdict in favor for the amount claimed in the complaint, which motion was denied, and plaintiff introduced evidence in rebuttal. After both parties rested, plaintiff again moved the court to direct a verdict in its favor, which motion was denied, to which ruling no exception was taken. Kephart v. Continental Casualty Co., 17 N. D. 380, 116 N. W. 349. The case was submitted to the jury, and a verdict returned in favor of the defendants, and judgment entered on said verdict. After the entry of said judgment, plaintiffs, on a statement of the case, made a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, which motion was denied. Plaintiff appealed from the order of the court denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, and from the judgment entered in favor of the defendants and respondents herein. Afterwards, on motion of the respondents, the attempted appeal from the order denying a new trial was dismissed. As the case now stands, -this is an appeal from the judgment only. AVe are met at the outset by a motion of respondents that the judgment appealed from be affirmed, for the reason that there are no errors assigned in appellant’s brief, and that no exceptions were taken to any of the alleged rulings. This motion must be granted. Appellant has not complied with rule 14 of this court. There are no assignments of error in the brief. In a proper case we might relax the rule; but we cannot do so in this case, as it is apparent, by bare inspection of the abstract and amended abstract, that there are no prejudicial errors subject to review on this appeal, no proper exceptions having been saved. Globe Investment Co. v. Boyum, 3 N. D. 538, 58 N. W. 339; Hostetter v. Brooks Elev. Co., 4 N. D. 357, 61 N. W. 49; O’Brien v. Miller, 4 N. D. 308, 60 N. W. 841; Schmitz v. Heger, 5 N. D. 165, 64 N. W. 943; Henry v. Mayer, 6 N. D. 413, 71 N. W. 127; Brynjolfson v. Thingvalla Township, 8 N. D. 106, 77 N. W. 284; Wilson v. Kartes, 11 N. D. 92, 88 N. W. 1023; Marck v. R. R. Co., 15 N. D. 86, 105 N. W. 1106. The judgment is affirmed. [534] (123 N. W. 667.) Fisk, J., concurs. Morgan, C. J., not participating.