Stokes v. Aberdeen Insurance Co.

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• stating that a \clerk is an officer of the court subject to the court's direction and control in exercising ministerial duties such as filing documents\
• mentioning that Rule 74 gives judge discretion to accept filing
• “The ministerial servant of the court is neither separate from nor above the court itself. We hold the Stokes timely filed their motion for new trial . . . by mailing it to the proper court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).