Morris v. Watson

In this case the appellee moves the court to strike from the record the bill of exceptions.

It appears from the record that the cause was tried in the County Court, that the verdict of the jury, judgment on the verdict, and prayer for appeal occurred on Hay 18,1895; that on the same day the prayer for an appeal was granted on the condition that a bond and bill of exceptions was to be filed within sixty days from that date, and that the county judge received and signed the bill of exceptions July 21, 1895, being after the time allowed for the filing thereof had expired.

The above failure to have…