McClue v. Epsten’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““What is involved here is an attempt by a party to obtain reimbursement in the guise of costs of amounts spent by him in the preparation of his case through the employment of an expert witness. Plaintiff cites no statute of this State authorizing the taxation of this type of expense as costs. Independent research discloses no Missouri statute authorizing the allowance of this expert witness expense as costs, other than the allowance of the usual daily witness fee payable to all ordinary witnesses under § 491.280 V.A.M.S. City of St. Louis v. Meintz, 107 Mo. 611 , 18 S.W. 30 , l.c. 31, applies to expenses of obtaining expert witnesses the controlling principle mentioned above: ‘It is therefore too clear to admit of any doubt that the words “costs of proceedings” do not embrace counsel fees, nor allowances to expert witnesses beyond the per diem fees, nor the other expenses rejected by the court. The words include the ordinary fees prescribed by law, and compensation to the commissioners, but not such expenses as are claimed by these defendants.’ There being no statutory authority for the allowance of these accountant fees as costs, the trial court had no choice but to rule as he did in refusing to tax these expenses as costs to be paid by the defendants.””

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