Brock v. State ex rel. Johnson

The appellee insists that the bill of exceptions does not show that it contains all the evidence, and that consequently no questions are presented by this appeal. The bill does not, it is true, contain the usual formula, but it does contain a statement clearly and unequivocally showing that all the evidence is incorporated. "Where the bill of exceptions fully shows that all the evidence given upon the trial is set forth, the precise form of words used in showing that fact is not of controlling importance.

On the 24th of September, 1877, the relatrix, Fanny Johnson, then Fanny Dunn, instituted…