Dye v. State

The appellant has specified as error that the court “ overruled his answer in abatement.” This specification is not a proper one, for no specification in the assignment of errors is sufficient unless it indicates with clearness and precision the puling assailed. The ruling which the appellant probably intended to specify is that made in sustaining the demurrer to his answer in abatement, but he has failed to specify that ruling, and if we strictly applied the law we should be compelled to hold that his specification is utterly ineffective. We have, however, deemed it best to examine the…