Woodward v. State Life Insurance

This is an action for fraud and deceit. The appeal was taken by the short form from a judgment recovered by plaintiff. We have before us the judgment and the record entry showing the filing of an affidavit for appeal and order granting an appeal to this court. The abstract of the record proper contains the petition, answer and reply, but fails to show that motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were filed and overruled, and the only reference to the bill of exceptions is in the following recital: “Comes now the defendant in the above entitled cause and presents his bill of…