In Re Stensland's Estate

This is an appeal from an order confirming the order and judgment on taxation of costs of county court in the Stensland will contest. Eleven witnesses were called to testify at the trial, three of them coming from Fargo, N.D.; namely, Cora Stensland, the beneficiary's wife, Tobias Stensland, his father, and one Ewald Hubig. The trial occupied eight days, and the costs were taxed under our statutes which entitle each material witness to $2 per day. The court allowed, also, the regular mileage of 10 cents per mile to the witnesses, including the three from North Dakota.

Appellant argues that,…