Muller

The pertinent facts may be summarized as follows: On March 4, 1959, in the third day of a jury trial wherein plaintiff appeared in propria persona a colloquy occurred between him and the trial judge wherein he excepted to the suggestion that it might he better if he secured counsel and claimed the same as “prejudicial, prejudging, harmful, reversible, egregious error and misconduct. ” Defendant moved for a mistrial and the motion was granted. Two days thereafter, plaintiff moved the court for an order *815 taxing costs to defendant. Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion. Due to a misapprehension of the court rules regulating the filing of reporter’s transcripts the precise text of the colloquy is not a part of the record on appeal. A motion for an order augmenting the record by inclusion thereof (together with originals of various correspondence with the county clerk) was denied for the obvious reason that until a final judgment is entered in the trial itself neither party is entitled to costs. (Lacey v. Bertone, 33 Cal.2d 649, 654 [ 203 P.2d 755 ] ; also 13 Cal.Jur.2d, Costs, p. 221, and eases there cited.)

The question whether plaintiff will eventually become…