Donai v. Lutjens

There is here presented an abuse which has grown to be quite common, and imposes much drudgery upon trial judges. To the proposed case on appeal, which is comparatively short, eighty-eight amendments are proposed. They are all disallowed by the other side. A very slight appreciation of the duties of attorneys in the premises would make such an imposition on the court impossible.' It is the work of the attorneys, not of the court, to prepare cases on appeal. There is here no attempt to comply with rule 34, to reduce the evidence to narrative, and eliminate all verbiage and immaterial matter.…