Bush v. Nichols

The only questions argued by counsel for appellant are as to the correctness of certain instructions given by the district court to the jury. No exceptions were taken to the instructions at the time they were given. By agreement of the parties, however, time was extended to plaintiff until the next term after that at which the cause was tried to file a motion for a new trial. On the first day of the next term, which was three months after the trial, he filed his motion for a new trial, in which he for the first time alleged exceptions to the instructions. It is provided by statute (Code, sec.…