Monick v. Melnicoff

HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal raises the question of an attorney’s personal liability to pay the cost of a stenographic transcript ordered during the course of a proceeding in which the attorney appears on behalf of his client. Before stating the facts of this particular case we shall discuss the general principles of law on the subject.

The question usually arises in one of three situations. The first of these is when the attorney in ordering the transcript expressly either assumes or disclaims personal responsibility for the cost. Such cases present little difficulty. Clearly an attorney…