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7 Ark. 60

Thorn v. Clendenin

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided July 15, 1851

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1851-07-15

On Rule for Contempt. In this case, Thorn presented to this Court a motion for a rule upon Gordon N. Peay, Esq., clerk of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt for failing to return a writ of error.

Decided 1851-07-15

Mr. Justice Scott

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2The showing of the clerk is insufficient. When the writ of error goes down, its command must be obeyed. If there be hardships growing out of the facts that the clerks have to wait for the fees allowed by law for the making out and certifying of the transcripts until the determination of causes in this court, and sometimes from the failure of the party or his attorney to file the transcripts in this court after they have been made out and certified in persuance of an appeal or in obedience to a writ of error, the remedy is with the Legislature, who may provide readily against them if it should be deemed proper. Our entire law of costs and fees is, in substance, statutory, The common law did not professedly allow any, the amercement of the vanquished party being his only punishment.

¶3The writ of attachment must issue to bring up the body of the clerk of the Pulaski Circuit Court, to be dealt with for contempt.

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