Smith

This case comes before us on a petition to establish the truth of exceptions. It has not been argued that the defendants failed in any particular in presenting and pressing their petition for the establishment of their exceptions.

The principles governing the establishment of exceptions have been declared and amplified in numerous decisions. Summarily stated they are that if the bill as tendered to the presiding judge contains several distinct and independent exceptions, clearly and separately stated, the truth of one or more of them may be established although the others are not proved as…