Case Name: Camelin v. Smith
Court: Colorado Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Decision Date: 1912-09
Citations: 53 Colo. 574
Docket Number: No. 7712
Parties: Camelin v. Smith.
Judges: Chief Justice Campbell and Mr. Justice Musser concur.
Reporter: Colorado Reports
Volume: 53
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
[No. 7712.]
Camelin v. Smith.
1. Bill of Exceptions — Who May Authenticate — A. bill of 'exceptions signed by the successor in office of the judge presiding at the trial, stricken from the record.
2. New Trial — Who May Allow — By the weight of authority the successor in office of the judge before whom a cause was tried, may decide a. motion for a new trial, in the absence of a statutory provision to the contrary. ' '
Error to• Sedgwick County Court. — Hon. R. J. DobBee, Judge.
Mr. A. F. Perrier and Mr. E. C. Stimson, for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Rorfson & Hendricks, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Garrigues
delivered the opinion of the court:
1. An examination of the purported bill of exceptions, shows that it was signed by the succeeding- judge, and not by the trial judge. The motion to strike it from the files will therefore be sustained. — Feckheimer v. Trounstien, 12 Colo. 282; Empire L. & C. Co. v. Engley, 14 Colo. 289; Water Supply Co. v. Tenney, 21 Colo. 284.
2. The remaining question, is whether the succeeding judge should, as a matter of right, have sustained the motion for a new trial. By the weight of modern authority, the succeeding judge, presiding over the same court, may decide a motion for a new trial in the absence of a statute to the contrary. — People ex rel. Hambel v. McConnell, 155 Ill. 192.
Affirmed.
Chief Justice Campbell and Mr. Justice Musser concur.