106 So. 524 | Miss. | 1925
Two motions are filed in this case: One by the appellees suggesting a diminution of the record, and praying forcertiorari to have sent up a replication to a special plea of the appellant, who was defendant, with a copy of an insurance policy and loan drafts attached thereto as exhibits. Second, is a motion to strike from the record certain papers: The deposition of Charles E. Levy; a bill of lading, plaintiff's Exhibit B; a bill of lading, Plaintiff's Exhibit C; a bill of lading, Plaintiff's Exhibit D; a claim addressed to the appellant, Plaintiff's Exhibit E; a letter from M. Levy Sons addressed to the "Claim Agent, I.C.R.R. Co.," Plaintiff's Exhibit F; claim of loss and damage, Plaintiff's Exhibit G; claim of loss and damage, Plaintiff's Exhibit H; letter or certificate from Newburger, Rankin Co., addressed to M. Levy Sons, Plaintiff's Exhibit I; calculations as to the value of cotton, *198 Plaintiff's Exhibit K; and the deposition of J.B. Samuels, Plaintiff's Exhibit L.
The suggestion of diminution and motion for certiorari is resisted, and affidavits of the clerk and of the attorneys filed in answer to the motion. From the clerk's affidavit it appears that he did not see the exhibits to the replication to the special plea. However, the minutes of the court showed that the plea and the exhibits were filed in the case. The minutes of the court cannot be corrected in this manner, and for the purposes of this appeal are conclusive. It does not appear, however, that the deposition of Jonas H. Levy, taken and filed with the clerk, was ever introduced in evidence, and of course it is not a part of the record unless it was introduced in evidence by one of the parties on the trial.
The motion for certiorari will be granted as to the replication and the exhibits thereto, but overruled as to the deposition of Jonas H. Levy. The parts of the record which it is moved to be stricken appear to be parts of the record as certified by the clerk. It is contended, however, that these several matters were not identified as exhibits or marked by the stenographer on the trial of the cause in the court below, and that such marking is necessary to their being copied and certified by the clerk. There is no affidavit or contention that these several matters were not actually used as evidence in the trial below.
If these papers were actually used and introduced in evidence in the court below, they will be treated as part of the record here, as they have been certified by the clerk as part thereof, and there is no affidavit showing that they were not so used.
By chapter 145, Laws of 1920, it is provided:
"If notice as above is given to the stenographer by the appellant or his counsel within ten days after the conclusion of the terms of court, no stenographer's transcript of his notes shall be stricken from the record by the supreme court, for any reason, unless it be shown that such notes are incorrect in some material particular, and *199 then only in cases where such notes have never been signed by the trial judge, nor been agreed on by the parties, nor become a part of the record as provided by this act."
We think it was the purpose and policy of the law not to strike out parts of the record which have been actually used in the trial for any default on the part of the stenographer, and before any parts are stricken out it is incumbent upon the party moving to strike to show that the parts were not used in the trial. In other words, after the notes reach here we will not strike them for mere technical defects not going to the jurisdiction.
The motion to strike will therefore be overruled.
Overruled.
