Per Curiam.
The question presented is whether the defendant, having done everything required of her to perfect her appeal, can be precluded from perfecting an appeal and having it heard on the merits, by the inadvertent failure of the clerk of courts to transmit the bill of exceptions to the trial judge for his approval and settlement.
"The general rule that the law will not permit a party to suffer detriment by reason of the neglect * * * of an officer...
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