EVANS, J.The transcript in this appeal shows that the judgment below was obtained op December 6, 191.5, and the bill
of exceptions was presented to the trial judge on March 8, 1916 —93 days after the entry of judgment,
(1)
Under the authorities, the limitation of 90 days for the presentation of a bill of exceptions is jurisdictional, and an instrument signed by the trial judge, but not presented within the required time, is no bill of
exceptions.
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v. South. Ry. Co.,
184 Ala. 598, 64 South. 69;
Hartselle & Co. v. Wilhite,
3 Ala. App. 612, 57 South. 129;
Edinburgh-American Land Mortgage Co. v. Canterbury,
169 Ala. 444, 53 South. 823;
Smith v. State,
166 Ala. 24, 52 South. 396;
Harper v. State,
13 Ala. App. 47, 69 South. 302.
(2)
Section 3020, Code 1907, forbidding appellate courts to strike a bill of exceptions mero motu, applies tó the unseasonable signing by the judge, and not to the unseasonable presentation of the bill to
him.
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v. South. Ry. Co., supra; Harper’s Case, supra; Hartselle & Co. v. Wilhite, supra.
In the absence of a bill of exceptions, there is no question presented for our review. The judgment must be affirmed.
Affirmed.