Elrod v. State

The bill of exceptions in this case is not signed by plaintiff in error or his counsel. Counsel for plaintiff in error moved the court to allow them to amend the bill of exceptions by signing their names thereto, it appearing that counsel for the State agreed that such amendment be allowed. In Lott v. City of Waycross, 152 Ga. 237 (110 S. E. 217), the Supreme Court held: “A paper purporting to be a bill of exceptions, properly certified by the trial judge, but not signed by the plaintiff in error or his counsel, is not a legal bill of exceptions, and cannot be amended in the Supreme Court by…