Objection to incompetent evidence should be made promptly at the time it is offered, and the ground of objection should be stated; and if the court overrules the objection, an exception to the ruling should be taken quite as promptly.1 And exception should be promptly taken to each and every adverse ruling of the court on questions and motions arising for decision during the progress of the trial to and including the final order of judgment, in order to lay the foundation for a review on error of the rulings and proceedings of the trial court. A court of review is not authorized to pass upon these matters, unless exceptions were taken to such rulings and proceedings at the proper time and preserved in a bill of exceptions.2

Matters of error cannot be raised for the first time in a court of review.3