Strickland v. Thornton & Nasworthy

1. While service of a bill of exceptions before it has been certified by the judge is equivalent to no service, and an acknowledgment of service on a bill of exceptions can not by aliunde proof be shown to bear the wrong date, yet other parts of the record outside of the bill of exceptions may be consulted to ascertain the true date of acknowledgment of service on the bill of exceptions. And when it thus appears that the acknowledgment of service was erroneously dated, the writ of error will not be dismissed. Harper v. Burke, 74 Ga. 412. When a bill of exceptions is certified as of the date…