Welch v. Haley

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The defendant in error filed a motion to dismiss the writ of error on the ground that the bill of exceptions fails to designate either a plaintiff in error or a defendant in error. An examination of the record shows that B. C. Welch, an individual, does name himself as plaintiff in error, That Mrs. Haley is the defendant in error, while not stated in these precise words, is obvious from both the heading and body of the bill of exceptions. The rule is that, while the plaintiff in error and the defendant in error should be expressly designated, a failure to…