Moberly v. Watson

This is an action to set aside a deed to two parcels of land in Crawford County, aggregating 28.59 acres. The trial court found for defendants and plaintiffs appealed.

[1] It is suggested by defendants (respondents here) that the appeal should be dismissed because "the record is not properly abstracted" and because there was no "extension of time" for filing bill of exceptions. The point on the abstract is that the evidence is not properly set out. Appellants, in a way, state the effect of the evidence, instead of narrating in the first person. Such is not a satisfactory way to abstract the…