1-21-101. Docket to be kept; contents.
(a) Every judge shall keep a docket in which he shall enter:
(i) The title of all causes commenced before him;
(ii) The time when process was issued against the defendant, its particular nature and to what officer delivered;
(iii) The time when the parties appeared before him, either without or upon the return of process;
(iv) A brief statement of the nature of the plaintiff's demand and the amount claimed, and if any setoff was pleaded, a similar statement of the setoff and the amount claimed;
(v) Every adjournment stating at whose request and for what time;
(vi) The time when the trial was had, stating whether the trial was by the jury or by the justice;
(vii) The verdict of the jury, when rendered and the judgment thereon;
(viii) The judgment of the court;
(ix) The time of issuing execution and the name of the officer to whom delivered;
(x) The fact of an appeal taken and allowed, and when taken and allowed;
(xi) Satisfaction of judgment and when made;
(xii) Any other entries material to the cause, showing the proceedings before the justice.
1-21-102. Proceedings when title or boundaries to land in question.
If it appears from the pleadings or the evidence of either party at the trial of any case in circuit court that the title or boundaries to lands are in question, the judge shall immediately make an entry thereof in the docket, cease all further proceedings, and certify to the district court of the county a transcript of all entries made in the docket relating to the case in the same manner and within the same time as upon appeal. The case shall then be conducted in the district court as though appealed to the district court for trial de novo, except that no bond as on appeal or payment of costs in the circuit court is required for the transfer to the district court.
1-21-103. Payment of costs for witness not examined.
If any witness is subpoenaed, attends and is not examined by either party, the costs of the witness shall be paid by the party ordering the subpoena, unless the adverse party confesses the matter or otherwise renders unnecessary the examination of the witness.