Borgerson
Borgerson v. Borgerson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Knight, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant Osear Borgerson from an order denying his motion to modify a final judgment of divorce with respect to the custody of a minor child of the age of five years, the issue of the marriage of plaintiff and defendant. The motion was based upon the alleged misconduct of the plaintiff. The grounds of appeal are that the trial court erroneously excluded certain material evidence offered by appellant and that it abused its discretion in denying defendant’s motion. It should be stated in the beginning that the record on this appeal is, unfortunately, incomplete and unsatisfactory and does not allow us full opportunity to fairly and intelligently review either of the questions presented by the appeal. Explanatory of the condition of the record, appellant, in his opening brief, says: “Here, we desire to say a word about the Reporter’s Transcript. The hearing in the lower Court covered a portion of two days; June 30th and July 1st. During the hearing on the first day, it was impossible to get a court reporter and, although notes of the testimony were taken and we have endeavored to have counsel stipulate as to the testimony for the purpose of assisting this…