STANFORD v. STANFORD

No. 42513.

458 P.2d 645 (1969)

Virginia L. STANFORD, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ralph F. STANFORD, and Dale Smith, Court Clerk, Intervenor, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miskovsky, Sullivan, Embry & Miskovsky, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Curtis P. Harris, Dist. Atty., Granville Scanland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Oklahoma City, for intervenor and defendants in error.


HODGES, Justice.

Plaintiff asserts error by the trial court in refusing to tax as costs 1% poundage charged by the court clerk on payments of attorney fees and temporary support in a divorce case. The appeal presents a unique question of importance to every office of court clerk in the State.

The court clerk, pursuant to an order of the court, charged a 1% poundage upon a $200.00 attorney fee and a $100.00 support payment paid through his office. Plaintiff...

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