Opinion
No. 4129
Opinion Filed January 26, 1915. Rehearing Denied March 23, 1915.
APPEAL AND ERROR — Verdict — Evidence. Where issues of fact are submitted to the jury under proper instructions as to the law arising thereon, the verdict will not be disturbed on appeal, if reasonably supported by the evidence.
(Syllabus by Galbraith, C.)
Error from County Court, Woods County; W. N. Bickel, Judge.
Action by Walter Bartholomew against W. D. Wilkinson. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed.
J. P. Grove, for plaintiff in error.
E. W. Snoddy, for defendant in error.
Walter Bartholomew sued W. D. Wilkinson in the trial court for money due on account for threshing oats and wheat in July, 1910, amounting to $322.37. Wilkinson answered, admitting the account, but pleaded, as an offset and counterclaim, an account he had against Bartholomew for money paid, for work and labor performed, and for damages arising from waste in the threshing, amounting to more than the account sued on, and prayed for the excess in the sum of $407.10. The cause was tried to the court and a jury, and a verdict returned in favor of Bartholomew for the exact amount of his account.
The only question presented under the record is whether the evidence reasonably supports the verdict, since there are no proper exceptions to the court's instructions to the jury, so as to bring them up for review. The issues raised by the pleadings were issues of fact. Under our practice, the jurors are the triers of the facts, and the issues in the case were properly submitted to the jury. An examination of the evidence shows that the verdict is reasonably supported by the evidence. This verdict is therefore binding upon this court. Lowenstein v. Holmes, 40 Okla. 33, 135 P. 727.
Wherefore it is recommended that the judgment appealed from be affirmed.
By the Court: It is so ordered.