Poyntz v. Reynolds

Citations

• 37 Fla. 533

Syllabus

<p>APPELLATE PRACTICE—SUPERSEDEAS BOND—RULES OF PRACTICE-ABSTRACTS OF RECORD.</p> <p>1. The rules of practice for the government of the Supreme Court, adopted at its June term, 1895, did not go into effect or become operative until the 15th day of October, 1895, and do not apply to or affect any cause brouyht to the Supreme Court prior to that date, except in those instances and in those respects wherein. said rules themselves in express terms provide for their application to causes brought here prior to that date.</p> <p>2. The special rules of practice for the government of the Circuit. Courts in the preparation of bills of exceptions and transcripts of records in civil causes, adopted at the June term, 1895, of this court did not go into effect or become operative until the first day of December, 1895, and do not apply to or affect any bill of exceptions or transcript of record made up and filed in the Sumpreme Court prior to December first, A, D. 1895.</p> <p>8. Rule 20 of said rules of practice for the Supreme Court, making-provision for the filing of abstracts of record, expressly provides that its provisions shall apply to all civil causes made returnable to the January term, 1896, of this court, regardless of the date when the transcript of the record may have been made up or filed.</p> <p>4. An abstract of the record, made up in accordance with rule 20 of the rules of practice of this court, need not be, and should not be, a copy of the record; but, in order to comply with the rule, it should contain, in a clear and concise form, the material substance of the pleadings in the cause, in the order by dates in which they were filed, the material substance of the-rulings of the court thereon, the substance of the issues on which the case was tried, and the material facts on which the issues were determined, together with a concise statement of the assignments of error relied upon. All'of which must be-in as concise and condensed form, with all immaterial and un