Barbour v. Finke
Barbour v. Finke
Opinion of the Court
This is ah appeal from the clerk’s taxation of costs and disbursements, in the case of the same title reported in 216 N. W. 592. Respondent contends that the amount allowed for printing appellant’s abstract is excessive. Inasmuch as no application had been made for an order eliminating unnecessary matter, it was the duty of the clerk to overrule respondent’s objection. It is, however, the duty of the court, upon this appeal, to determine what, if any, portions of the abstract are unnecessary. McVay v. Tousley, 20 S. D. 487, 107 N. W. 828. At the trial in circuit court, the facts were stipulated. Respondent contends that pages 18 to 70 of appellant’s abstract are consumed in setting forth verbatim copies of the files in the foreclosure proceedings wherein appellant herein was plaintiff and Bertha Finke et al, none of whom were parties herein, were defendants, to which
“Nor shall any party be allowed for any portion of a brief which is clearly unnecessary to a proper presentation of the cause in this court.”
This does not require the objecting party to have the unnecessary portion stricken before being entitled to- object to the allowance of such unnecessary cost. McVay v. Tousley, supra. The clerk is directed to deduct from appellant’s costs the sum of $33.75, and, as thus modified, the taxation is affirmed.
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