Case Name: SILVER VALLEY MINING COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA SMELTING COMPANY, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1896-09
Citations: 119 N.C. 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: SILVER VALLEY MINING COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA SMELTING COMPANY, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
SILVER VALLEY MINING COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA SMELTING COMPANY, et al.
Case on Appeal — Printing Record — Costs of Printing Record.
1. An appellant, being compelled to print the whole of the “ case on appeal,” he is, when successful in this Court, entitled to have taxed against the appellee the cost of printing the whole ease on appeal and such other matter as may be required by Rule 31 to be printed, but not for the printing of matter beyond the requirements (if the whole is in excess of 30 pages).
3. Since all irrelevant and immaterial matter sent up as a part of the ease ou appeal unnecessarily adds to the cost of copying and printing, trial judges and counsel are admonished not to make cases on appeal dumping ground for the entire evidence and other minutiae of the trial below.
MotioN, by successful appellant, to tax cost of printing record.
Messrs. M. H. Pinnix, Watson & Buxton and Robbins c& Long, for plaintiff.
Messrs. Robbins & Raper, for defendants (appellants).

Opinion:
Olakic, J.:
The printed record is 80 pages, and the appellant being successful in obtaining a new trial here moves under Rule 31 to tax the cost of printing the excess above the regulation 20 pages in the costs. The appellant was compelled to print the whole of the " case on appeal " and the exhibits made a part thereof. Barnes v. Crawford, at this Term. He is therefere entitled to have taxed the cost of printing the whole case on appeal, (Durham v. Railroad, 108 N. C., 403,) and also of printing other matter besides, if of the nature required by the rule, but not for the printing of matter beyond the requirements (if the whole is in excess of 20 pages). Roberts v. Lewald, 108 N. C., 405. Counsel having agreed on the case on appeal, the losing party cannot complain because taxed with, the whole of the same with the exhibits made a part thereof, though much of it might well have been omitted, being unnecessary to elucidate the points on review. Of the additional matters, probably some ten pages were not required by the rule and were unnecessarily printed. The clerk will therefore tax in the cost against the losing party the printing of 70 pages, being 50 pages in excess of the 20 allowed ordinarily.
In Durham v. Railroad, supra, on p. 404, this Court cautions trial judges against the injustice and oppression which would follow if, to save labor to themselves, they should permit " cases on appeal to become dumping ground for the entire evidence and other minutiae of the trial below," and that only " so much of the evidence or other matters occurring on the trial should be sent up 'as may be necessary to present and illustrate the matters excepted to." All irrelevant and immaterial matter sent up as part of a " case on appeal " unnecessarily adds to the cost of copying and printing, and should be avoided by counsel settling a " case on appeal " as well as by the judge.
Motion Allowed.