Case Name: The Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Henry Struckman et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1881-04-21
Citations: 1 Ind. L. Rep. 176
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Henry Struckman et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
The Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Henry Struckman et al.
Filing Bill of Exceptions—Time.—Where time is given in which to file a bill of exceptions, the record must show that it was filed within the time.
Filed April 21, 1881.
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court.
J. B. Meriwether, for appellant,
cited Gilbert v. Plant, 18 Ind. 308, as to contract by a married woman.

Opinion:
Opinion of the court by
Mr. Justice Elliott.
The questions discussed by counsel arose upon the evidence, and unless we can regard the evidence as in the record, we can not give them any consideration. Leave was granted on the 29th day of December, 1876, to file a bill of exceptions on the third day of the next term, but the record does not show that the bill was filed on or before that day. Indeed, the record does not show when the bill was filed, and we can not, therefore, treat it as part of the record. It is well settled that when time in which to file a bill is given, the record must show that it was filed within the time granted.
Judgment affirmed at costs of appellant.