Nederland Life Ins. v. Hall

The defendant in error has moved for a taxation of costs against the plaintiff in error. It appears that a little more than 32 pages of the printed record and a corresponding portion of the transcript are given up to a motion filed in the court below for a new trial. It has often been decided that the granting or denying of a motion for a new trial is a discretionary act, which will not be reviewed on writ of error. It follows that, unless there be a special reason therefor, a motion for a new trial should not be included in the transcript of the record taken for the purpose of prosecuting a writ of error. It is therefore ordered that the costs in this case, caused by transcribing and printing the motion for a new trial, be not taxed against the defendant in error; or that, if already taxed, the amount thereof be deducted upon payment of the balance of the costs taxed. The costs of this motion shall be taxed against the plaintiff in error.