Clay v. Clark

The appellant presents two general reasons in support of her prayer for a reversal. The first of these is, that the court admitted incompetent evidence over her objection; the second, that the verdict is contrary to the evidence.

There is nothing properly in the record showing that objections were made, or exceptions reserved, to the admission of incompetent evidence. There is, in fact, no properly authenticated bill of exceptions in the record. The judge who tried the case does not sign a bill of exceptions, but simply certifies that certain evidence is correctly exhibited. The attestation is…