Morgan v. Haldeman
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before H. McLester, Esq., appointed by the parties. Motion to retax the costs in suit of Thomas J. Haldeman and others v. Thomas J. Chambers and another; the item objected to being $90 for “ making complete record.” Motion sustained, and said item ordered to be struck out.
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Appeal from Bastrop. Tried below before H. McLester, Esq., appointed by the parties. Motion to retax the costs in suit of Thomas J. Haldeman and others v. Thomas J. Chambers and another; the item objected to being $90 for “ making complete record.” Motion sustained, and said item ordered to be struck out. The facts before the Court were as follows :— Order of Court, Spring Term, 1854, that the Clerk be allowed fifteen cents per hundred words for making up a final record in each case, to be taxed in the bill of costs. It was agreed that such record was made in this case, by the Clerk, in a…
1Opinion of the Court
Hemphill, Ch. J.
The special matter complained of in this appeal, was the striking out (on a retaxation of costs in the case of T. J. Haldeman v. Th. J. Chambers et al.,) the item of ninety dollars for making a full and perfect record of all the proceedings in said case.
In all the Acts regulating fees of office prior to the Act of 20th March, 1848, there was a fee allowed for the final or complete record in all cases. No fee was provided for this service by the Act of 1848. But in this Act it was declared that for every service not otherwise provided for, the District Clerk should have such…
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