Sams v. Champion

Deen, Presiding Judge.

In this case the appellee took the deposition of a witness, but afterwards decided against having the court reporter transcribe it. In fact, the appellee paid the court reporter for the services rendered and got all of the take-down notes from the reporter. Subsequently, the appellants sought to obtain a copy of the deposition, quite willing to pay for it, but the appellee refused to surrender the take-down notes. The appellants then requested the trial court to order release of the take-down notes so that the deposition could be transcribed. However, being of the mind…