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84 Ind. 341

Law v. Kauffman

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1882

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1882-05-15

<p>Supreme Court. — Evidence.—Record.—Where all the evidence is necessary to a proper understanding of the case in the Supreme Court, it must be brought into the record by a bill of exceptions.</p> <p>Same. — BUI of Exceptions. — Leave to Fila — It must appear in the record elsewhere than in the bill of exceptions, that leave was granted to file such bill, and the filing thereof must be shown by the record independently of a recital therein.</p>

Decided 1882-05-15

Elliott, J.

¶1There can be no adequate comprehension of the questions in this case without an examination of the entire evidence, and that is not before us, and there are, therefore, no questions presented.

¶2The record is a very defective and imperfect one. It does not appear that leave was asked or granted to file a bill of exceptions; nor does it appear that any ever was filed. Thei’e is a recital in what puz’ports to be a bill of exceptions of the date of the signing, and this is all the information we have upon the subject. Even if the paper had recited a filing, it would have been insufficient, for that fact must be made to appear in another manner.

¶3The case came into the Warz’ick Circuit Court on change of venue from the Vanderburgh Superior Court, and there is zio statement of what took place in the former court, except what is exhibited in the paper purporting to be a bill of exceptions. The recoz’d abruptly begins with this paper and ends with it. Not a single order book entzy is elsewliez’e set out. •

¶4Judgment affiz’med.

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