264 P. 747 | Cal. | 1928
THE COURT.
The respondent Lynch presents herein a motion for diminution of record and seeks thereby to have stricken from the files of this court the transcript of the *423
testimony taken before the lower court. This attempt to have the reporter's transcript stricken is based upon the assertion that the appellant's notice to the clerk to prepare a record neglected and failed to request that a transcript of the testimony be made up. The appellant seeks to explain the omission or defect by stating that he had contemplated making an independent arrangement with the reporter in connection with the preparation of a transcript of the proceedings in the trial court. Appellant's notice to the clerk, which was timely filed, reads in part as follows: ". . . said defendant hereby requests that the judgment roll be made up and prepared and contain any and all matters of record herein, together with all exhibits and documentary evidence introduced and on file, and any and all matters and facts pertaining to said action except the transcript of testimony." The most cursory examination readily discloses that said notice and request is, to say the least, inartificially drawn. In fact, it may be stated to be wholly defective in so far as the preparation thereunder of a transcript of the testimony might be concerned. However, the defect is not fatal, nor such as would preclude an appellate court from considering upon an appeal from the judgment a properly certified transcript of the proceedings in the court below. In this connection the case ofCarr v. Stern,
The authorities cited by respondent in support of the motion are not in point. In Des Granges v. Des Granges,
The motion is, therefore, denied.