City of Lakewood v. Stump

This case is concerned with the narrow issue whether a court reporter’s attendance charges are to be taxed as costs in a Municipal Court that does not have a court reporter where, prior to trial, a defendant (subsequently acquitted) requests a court reporter to take stenographic notes of the proceedings.

A complete transcript of the testimony may he the necessary (or at any rate the best) way to show claimed errors on appeal. This can only be accomplished if a court ■reporter is present during the trial. Moreover, without the transcript, the cost of preparation and the expense for counsel…