Bell v. Browne

Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

Preliminary to our opinion we call attention to the irrelevant matter found in this record, which is filled with the testimony of counsel on a former hearing as to what took place orally before the trial judge in an attempt to explain an order which requires no explanation; there is nothing in it of doubtful meaning needing oral proof to make it intelligible. The learned trial judge ruled against the pertinency of this proof and properly disregarded it in arriving at his conclusion. Then again, much space is taken up in colloquies…