Williams v. Griffith

Appellee moves to strike out the bill of exceptions on the ground that it was not properly certified by the trial judge. An examination of the bill of exceptions shows that within the time allowed by the court it was duly presented to the judge, who signed it, but immediately'following his signature added the words:- “Proper corrections to be made, if any necessary, ” and attested the latter by his initials.

We have held that a bill of exceptions must be an unqualified certificate of the trial judge that the matters and things therein contained are true. A qualified certificate is…