Bates v. Foree

On this rule against W. H. Sandford, late clerk of the Owen circuit court, to show cause why he refuses to deliver the transcript of the record in this case, his written response and oral statement under oath have been considered.

The suit was tried below and the transcript of record ordered and actually begun, and some ninety pages made when his term of service would soon expire and his successor be qualified; and finding that the record was very voluminous and troublesome, he notified appellants’ counsel he could not complete the record within his unexpired term, nor for the legal fees; when…