Baltimore & O. R. v. Baker

This is a petition for an order requiring the District Judge to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue requiring him to sign a bill of exceptions. It appears from the face of the petition that no bill of *628exceptions was tendered to him until after the term at which the ease was tried had expired, and that no order was entered extending the term for the purpose of settling and signing same. The only excuse offered for failure to have the hill settled: within the term is the delay of the stenographer in furnishing a transcript of the evidence, and belief on the part of counsel for…