Dix v. German Insurance

There is no bill of exceptions in this case, and we are remitted for the review of errors to the record proper. The record proper, as was decided in Bateson v. Clark, 37 Mo. 31, is the petition, summons, and all subsequent pleadings, including the verdict and judgment. This definition is a little too broad in one sense, as it has been frequently decided that a written motion, although in one sense a pleading, is in no sense a part of the record proper (Kohn v. Lucas, 17 Mo. App. 29, 30, and cases cited); *35and somewhat too narrow in another sense, since all orders emanating from the court and…