| Mo. Ct. App. | Apr 25, 1876
delivered the opinion of tbe court.
The record shows that this cause was tried, and a final judgment rendered against defendants, at the October term, 1873. A motion for new trial was overruled during the December term, 1873. The bill of exceptions was presented and signed hi the February term, 1874. No stipulation of the parties, or entry of any sort, shows that consent or permission was given for presenting a bill of exceptions after the close of the term in which the motion for new trial was overruled. This is conclusive against our authority
Defendants Holmes and Moody have presented certificates showing that they have been adjudged bankrupts by a court of competent jurisdiction, under the laws of the United States, and file motions for a stay of further proceedings in this court until they shall have obtained their respective discharges. We can find no reason for granting the applications. Nothing in the bankrupt law operates to oust this court of its jurisdiction already acquired, in the absence of a restraining order from the bankruptcy court. No such order appears ; but, on the contrary, the plaintiff here produces an order from that authority, issued under the 21st section of the bankrupt law, expressly granting leave to proceed herein to final judgment. The motions are overruled, and the judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.