Wright v. Nostrand
The Superior Court of New York City
This is a motion to compel Henry W. Parkhurst, the official stenographer of the equity branch of this court to furnish to Messrs. Thomas & Wilder, the defendants’ attorneys, a copy of his minutes of the trial of the action.
1Opinion of the Court
By the motion papers it appeared that defendants’ attorneys had ordered an official copy of the minutes, which the stenographer had refused to write out, unless paid the sum of ninety dollars, in advance, as his fees. The defendants’ attorneys demurred to this charge as exorbitant and inquired of the stenographer at what rate per folio he computed his fees, and how many folios of testimony he had taken ; to which Mr. Parkhurst had replied that his fees were computed at fifteen cents per folio, and that he did not know precisely how many folios there would be, but by a process of “ estimating…
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