Cobb v. Chase

1. PEACTICE : bill of exceptions: time to settle and file. This cause was tried on the 20th day of February, 1879, and the defendants were given “ sixty days to settle and file a bill of exceptions.” The bill was actually signed on the 14th day of April, 1879, and the judge ordered that it be made a part of the record.

*197The bill was not filed by the clerk until the 14th day of July, and it is not claimed this delay was the fault of the clerk. The appellee insists there is no question in the record which can be considered. This depends upon the question whether there is a valid bill of…