35 Ga. App. 562 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1926
A motion to dismiss the bill of exceptions was made on two grounds, neither of which has any merit. One of the grounds is: “It aj>peaTing that the judgment excepted to bore date of August 18, 1925, and the bill of exceptions was presented to the clerk on Oct. 16, 1925 (the trial judge being dead), the same being more than thirty days from the date of the judgment, and it not appearing that the same was within thirty days from the judgment complained of, and it not appearing that the court continued in session more than thirty days.” The last clause of this ground is an incorrect statement. In his certificate to the transcript of the record, dated October 21, 1925, evidently overlooked by counsel for defendant in error, the clerk certifies that “the August term of said court, at which said case was tried, has not adjourned.” This being true, plaintiff in error had sixty days from the date of the judgment of which complaint is made, in which to tender his bill of exceptions. Civil Code (1910), § 6152.
Plaintiff in error, a creditor of the bankrupt, 'filed a petition in the bankruptcy court, and prayed that the court “withhold any discharge in bankruptcy from said bankrupt until your petitioner shall have had a reasonable time sufficient to prosecute his said claim in the State courts of Georgia, for the purpose of subjecting said homestead property as aforesaid.” To which said petition a demurrer was filed, and an order was signed by Judge Sibley as follows: “The bankrupt, S. T. Frizzel, having demurred to the
Judgment reversed.