Hopper v. Beck

Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. The appellant sued on five promissory notes executed by the defendant’s testator in his lifetime. The defendant pleaded limitations and the general issue, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. P'ive exceptions were taken to the rulings of the trial Court upon the admissibility of evidence and a sixth to its action in granting and rejecting prayers. The appellee moved to dismiss the appeal. Upon this motion, held: Where by the agreement of the parties the time for signing the bills of exceptions in a case is postponed to a period later than…