Strange v. Sloman

Hawkins, Justice.

1. “A paper purporting to be a bill of exceptions, properly certified by the trial judge, but not signed by the plaintiff in error or his counsel, is not a legal bill of exceptions, confers no jurisdiction of the case upon this court, is not amendable to correct the defect, and will be dismissed with or without motion for that purpose.” Bennett v. Bainbridge Farm Co., 173 Ga. 856 (162 S. E. 134).

2. In the oral argument counsel for the plaintiff in error, while admitting that the bill of exceptions was not signed, contended that the court should accept in lieu thereof his…