Hays' Administratrix v. McNealy

Citations

• 16 Fla. 406

Syllabus

<p>The rule requiring that the Judge presiding at the trial shall settle the case on exceptions, does not control wliere, at the time the case is to be settled, such Judge has resigned. Public duties, upon which depend private rights, do not pass away with the official existence of the Judge resigning, and the duty of settling a case on exceptions devolves upon his successor. In exercising- sucli power this Court must presume that he acted upon reliable information.</p>