Court Opinion

ID: 6521113
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-19 19:03:30.622478+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:55:08.960963
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de GBAFFENB.IED, J.
In this case the judgment appealed from was rendered on January 18, 1909, and the bill of exceptions was not presented to the judge who presided at the trial for Ms signature until April 29, 1909, more than three months from the date of the rendition of tbe judgment.
Section 8019 of the Code provides that bills of exceptions may be presented to the judge trying the case at any time Avithin 90 days from the date on which the judgment is entered, and not after-wards, and that the bill of exceptions so tendered must, if correct, be signed by him within 90 days thereafter. It is manifest that what purports to be a bill of exceptions in this case is in fact no bill of exceptions, because it was not presented to the presiding judge within the time required by law, and we therefore cannot consider any question attempted to be raised by appellant in said bill of exceptions.
The provisions of the above section 3019 relative to the time when a bill of exceptions shall be presented are not affected by section 2020, which declares that the Supreme Court or Appellate Court shall not, ex mero motu, strike a bill of exceptions because it was not signed by the presiding judge within the time required by law. The presentation of the bill of exceptions to> the presiding judge within 90 days from the date on which the judgment was entered is jurisdictional, and unless the bill of exceptions is presented within the time specified by the statute, it is no bill of exceptions,' and the signature of the presiding judge cannot give it life.—Spivey’s Case, 172 Ala., 56 South. 232; Thomas v. Daniel Bros. 42 South. 623; McPherson *614v. Wiggins, 40 South. 961; Smith v. State, 166 Ala. 24, 52 South. 396.
As the errors insisted upon on this appeal are raised only by the alleged bill of exceptions, they are not before us for review. The judgment of the court below is affirmed.
Affirmed.