Oliver-McDonald Co. v. Swift & Co.

The case presented to the appellate court by the cross-bill of exceptions is essentially a part of the main case; that is, the case made by the assignments of error in the main bill of exceptions.. It may stand on the docket as a separate aird distinct case; and from certain other viewpoints it might be regarded as a separate and distinct case; but it is essentially a part of the main case. In this court and in the Court of Appeals questions made in the cross-bill of exceptions are invariably argued along with those made in the main bill. The cross-bill of exceptions might be considered as a…