Appeal of Smith v. Chester Township Board of Trustees

In this cause we are initially confronted with the issue of whether the order to appellant to prepare and file the transcript of hearing testimony is a final, ap-pealable order, defined in R. C. 2505.02 as:

“An order affecting a substantial right in an action which in effect determines the action and prevents a judgment, [or] *15an order affecting a substantial right made in a special proceeding***.”

The Court of Common Pleas relied upon R. C. 2506.02 as authority for its order that appellant initially pay the cost of preparing the transcript. That section provides that “[t]he costs of such…