Palmer v. Clark

1 Under the Code of 1897, all the evidence to be considered by this court must be included in the abstracts. The office of certification of the record, or of a transcript, is solely to settle disputes developed in printing the record, save when an original paper or document is to be inspected. Hoyt v. Beach, 85 N. W. Rep. 755. This purpose being accomplished,, neither counsel nor court may resort to either in argument. A general denial will not raise an issue or present a dispute to be decided. To do this the denial must point out as specifically as the case will permit the defects alleged to…