Court Opinion

ID: 3920396
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:47:33.018673+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:55:20.259508
License: Public Domain

In the bill of costs in this case, the clerk of the District Court has charged for making the transcript, 15,789 words, at 20 cents per hundred, $31.60. A motion has been filed to retax this costs, the contention being that the clerk is entitled to only 10 cents for each hundred words, as compensation for making the transcript.
Section 22 of the fee bill passed by the Twenty-fifth Legislature (Acts Called Session Twenty-fifth Legislature, p. 12) prescribes the fees which the district clerks may charge in civil cases, and among other items contains the following: "Making transcript of the records and papers in any cause upon appeal or writ of error, with certificate and seal, each one hundred words, ten cents." It is true that section 7 of the Act of the Legislature referred to exempts certain officers, including the district clerk, in counties which cast less than 3000 votes in the last presidential election, from the operation of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of said act; but these sections all relate to fees to be paid by the State in criminal cases, and have no reference to fees earned in civil actions. Section 7 of the act is not a limitation or qualification of section 22, which, in our opinion, applies to the clerk of the District Court of every county in the State.
The motion will be sustained, and the item of costs referred to reduced to $15.80.