Saper v. Long

DAWSON, District Judge.

This motion involves the issue as to whether a party taking a deposition should be required to pay the cost of having the deposition transcribed in its entirety or whether the cost of transcription of the cross-examination should be borne by the other side.

The action is one by a trustee of a bankrupt’s estate to recover from the defendants a sum alleged to be in excess of $158,000 resulting from an alleged fraudulent conveyance or preferential transfer. It is stated that the bankrupt estate has no assets.

The trustee in bankruptcy first sought to secure the testimony of…