Legal Opinion

Brooks v. Gentry

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1913PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. Frank E. Everett, Judge. Suit by Charles Brooks & Company against W. L. Gentry. On motion for an order in the supreme court requiring the stenographers to transcribe and file his notes, or in the alternative to stand committed for contempt to the supreme court. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. No counsel of record.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

This is a motion alleging that the stenographer in the court below has failed to transcribe and-file his notes of the evidence introduced on the trial of the case, and praying for an order directing him to do so “within ten days; . . . otherwise to stand in contempt of the supreme court. ’ ’

This court has no control over the stenographers employed in the courts below. Neither is it charged with the duty of aiding litigants in making up bills of exceptions. All that it can do in this connection is to review the action of the courts below relative thereto.

Motion overruled.

2Cited by4 opinions

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  2. Brown v. City of Water ValleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  3. State v. WhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Geiselbreth v. Mississippi Power & Light Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933