Eason v. Thomas

1. This is an application to this court for the writ of mandamus against the Judge of the Superior Court of the Brunswick Circuit to require him to sign a bill of exceptions. The application discloses that the trial judge entered an order dismissing a motion for a new trial as follows: “The within motion for a new trial having come on for a hearing and it appearing that movant has failed to prepare and present a proper briéf of the evidence in said case, and that the purported brief submitted to the court for approval by movant is not a true and correct brief of the evidence adduced at said…