In Re Johnson

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit to determine the constitutionality of Article 2324 and/or the reasonableness of a court reporter’s fee for preparing a statement of facts. The City of In-gleside as appellant objected to the charges made by the court reporter (pursuant to Article 2324). A hearing was then requested by the court reporter, Martin A. Johnson, who sought to have the trial judge approve his fee as being reasonable. The City answered claiming the statute was unconstitutional and in any event, the fee charged was unreasonable. From an order by the trial judge approving the…