Gilbert v. Tippens, superintendent of banks

The bill of exceptions as brought by the defendant assigns error only upon exceptions pendente lite as taken to the overruling of a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, and upon an order striking the defendants’ plea in abatement. Held-. '

1. “The losing party to a judgment on general demurrer is given the option to sue out a direct bill of exceptions assigning error on the judgment, or to have certified and filed exceptions pendente lite. If the latter course be followed, the ruling on demurrer becomes a pendente-lite ruling which is reviewable only after the termination of the case, on…