50 Neb. 325 | Neb. | 1897
This cause is submitted to the court on a motion of defendant to quash the bill of exceptions, because not presented to him either within the time fixed by law or the order of the court. A trial in this case was had at the May term, 1894, of the district court of Hall county, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant. On the 5th day of August, 1894, the court adjourned sine die, and
The contention of counsel for defendant is that the decision on the motion is controlled by Horbach v. City of Omaha, 49 Neb., 851. In that case it was ruled that the delay in presenting a bill of exceptions to the adverse party, caused solely by the fault of the official stenographic reporter in preparing the transcript of the evidence, will not authorize the submission of the bill after the expiration of the time limited by the statute or fixed by the order of the trial judge. The doctrine is sound and has been followed in Trumble v. Trumble, 50 Neb., 382. It does not follow that the motion to quash the bill in this case should be sustained, or that Horbach v. City of Omaha controls the decision herein. In that case the motion to quash was made in this court within a few days after the appeal was docketed, and before either party had filed briefs upon the merits of the controversy. Not so in the case before us, The transcript and petition in error were filed with the clerk of this court June 3, 1895. Two days later the brief of plaintiff was filed. On September 11, 1895, defendant’s brief on the merits was served upon adverse counsel, and the first objection made to the bill of exceptions in this court was by the motion to quash, which was filed December 31, 1896, or nearly a year and a half after the proceedings in error were commenced and the briefs of the respective parties upon the issues presented by the petition in error were printed and
It is true, as already suggested, the objection that the proposed bill was not presented for examination in time was made before the same was signed by the judge'. This
Motion overruled.