John Deere Plow Co. v. Silver Manufacturing Co.

1. It is a rule which has been several times reiterated by this court that, while the right of a court to limit the time for settling a bill of exceptions is indispensable to the orderly administration of justice, the court may, in its discretion, settle and allow the bill after the expiration of such time: McElvain v. Bradshaw, 30 Or. 569 (48 Pac. 424); Francis v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 61 Or. 141 (114 Pac. 921).

In the case last mentioned there was a rule of the court very similar to the rule above cited. See, also, West v. McDonald, 74 Or. 421 (144 Pac. 655).

The whole doctrine to be derived…