184 S.W.2d 970 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1945
Affirming.
This action was brought by the appellant seeking recovery of damages for injuries sustained by falling when the heel of her shoe caught in a niche in the curb at the corner of Shelby and Second Streets in the City of Frankfort as she was stepping from the sidewalk to the street for the purpose of entering an approaching bus. The defendant denied negligence on its part in the maintenance of the sidewalk and curb, and pleaded contributory negligence on the part of the appellant. The cause was tried in the Franklin Circuit Court at its September term, 1942, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant. The Court overruled plaintiff's motion and grounds for a new trial and gave her to and including the last day of the Jan., 1943 term within which to file her bill of exceptions. On January 29, 1943, which was the last day of the January term, the appellant filed a motion requesting an extension of time within which to file her bill of exceptions, giving as reason therefor her inability to procure funds with which to pay for the official transcript of the evidence taken at the trial. Over objection of appellee, the lower court sustained her motion and granted her an extension to and including the 20th day of February, 1943, within which to file her bill of exceptions. On February 20, 1943, appellant tendered her bystander's bill of exceptions, and on May 7, 1943, the court approved and signed same as and for the bill of exceptions in this case. *212
The appellant is asking this court to set aside the verdict and direct a new trial on the grounds that the verdict is palpably against the weight of the evidence, and because of the introduction of incompetent evidence.
The appellee has made motion in this court to strike from the record the bill of exceptions because same was not filed in time, and second because the evidence was not stated in full in the bill of exceptions as required under Subsection 2 of Section 335 of the Civil Code of Practice, and because the lower court did not certify that the bill of exceptions contained all the evidence, as required under Section 339 of the Civil Code of Practice. Said motion was passed to merits, which we are now required to consider. The question of an extension of time within which to prepare and file a bill of exceptions has been before this Court on numerous occasions. Section 334 of the Civil Code of Practice provides that an extension may be given to prepare bill of exceptions, but not beyond a day in the succeeding term to be fixed by the court. This Court has consistently held this to be mandatory and even though a party has been given to a day certain in the succeeding term to tender the bill of exceptions, for sufficient reasons, he may be given a further extension during that term, but the court is without authority to extend the time beyond a day in the succeeding term. Clark v. Mason,
In the instant case it appears that the appellant allowed the entire January term to pass and on the last day thereof made the motion for the extension of time, and as a basis for her motion alleged her inability to procure funds for a transcript of the record. Undoubtedly, she was confronted with this question throughout the entire time from the September term, 1942, until said motion for extension was filed. We are of the opinion that this was not such casualty or misfortune as would justify the extension of time to file her bill of exceptions beyond a day in the succeeding term, and, consequently, appellee's motion to strike the bill of exceptions from the record must be sustained.
This leaves, then, the only question as to whether or *214
not the pleadings are sufficient to support the judgment. Asher v. Nuckols et ux.,
Judgment affirmed.