Broughton v. Broughton

BRICKEN, P. J.

Appellant was plaintiff in the court below and brought suit for damages against appellee for the conversion of certain personal property. The first count of the complaint was in trover, and the second count being in detinue for the same property.

The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and judgment rendered in favor of defendant, appellee here. The appellant claimed the property by virtue of its having been set aside to her as exempt by the probate court, but the order of the probate court does not appear in the record, although it is recited that it yras introduced in evidence.

The appellee claimed under a contract or deed of settlement, but this does not appear in the record, although it is recited that it was offered in evidence.

[1, 2] In the absence of these papers, we do not know what rights were conveyed. As stated, the cause was tried by the court without a jury, and in the absence of a showing affirmatively that the court was in error we cannot revise its judgment. From the record before us we are unable to say that there was error on the part of the trial court, for it has been repeatedly held that where the evidence adduced before the judge trying without a jury was developed ore'tenus, or partly so, the findings of the trial court will not be disturbed, unless the conclusion below is plainly contrary to the great weight of the evidence. Moreover, the record shows upon its face that it does not contain all the evidence advanced upon the trial of this cause in the court below ; it must therefore be presumed that the missing evidence was sufficient to justify the finding of the court,

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.