Wineland v. Cochran

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the district court of Nemaha county. The cause was tried at the No*529vember, 1877, term of said court, and taken under advisement, and a final decree rendered at the March, 1878, term, and the bill of exceptions was signed on the fourth day of May, 1878. The appellees now move to quash the bill of exceptions because not reduced to writing and signed during the term at which the trial was had, or within forty days thereafter.

In actions at law, where a trial is had and a verdict rendered in the case, it has been held that exceptions must be reduced…