Shepherd v. Adams Express Co.

Brannon, Judge:

We cannot consider evidence or instructions, since the bills of exceptions presenting them cannot be considered. There is no certificate of the judge to the clerk certifying them to him to be filed as made within thirty days of the term. This certificate is the final act of the judge, his final act of authentication. If exceptions are made in term, though ever so formally executed by the judge, no one would say they were part of the record without a court order. If in vacation, this certificate and order of the judge take the place of court order. It is the final act. The…