Opinion ID: 1917872
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Heading: Motion to Impose Double Costs.

Text: There is no question but that appellant's appendix to his brief does not comply with our rules. Thirty-one pages of it are devoted to the testimony given at the trial. Most all of these 31 pages consist of quoting by question and answer testimony given at the trial instead of stating the same in narrative form as required by Rule 251.34 (5) (c), Stats. There are also some omissions of evidence favorable to respondents. For example, Silverman testified at page 107 of the record that Electronic's records showed no sales made by Tucker on January 13, 1961. This is entirely omitted in the appendix. Again at page 123 of the record Silverman testified that according to Electronic's records there was no transaction with Hi Fi Center (the customer to whom Tucker testified he was transporting needles at the time of the accident) of any kind between January 11, 1961, and February 1, 1961. This also is omitted from the appendix. Reference is also made in the appendix to Exhibit 8 without stating that the trial court excluded this exhibit. In Henschel v. Rural Mut. Casualty Ins. Co. (1957), 2 Wis. (2d) 466, 86 N. W. (2d) 633, we declared: In all future matters if on the hearing of the appeal it appears that the brief and appendix do not substantially comply with the rules, this court will in its discretion deny appellant costs should he be the prevailing party, and allow respondent double costs should the respondent prevail. See also Seifert v. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. (1958), 4 Wis. (2d) 623, 627, 91 N. W. (2d) 236. While the infraction in the instant case would doubtless warrant imposing double costs, we exercise our discretion to impose an additional $50 in costs against appellant-plaintiff as a penalty for this rule infraction.