On Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:01:37 PM UTC-4, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > For instance, my city's municipal courts are not courts of record.  If I   
   > lost a case and appealed, a county trial court (which in this case acts   
   > as an odd sort of appellate court) would hold a new trial on the record.   
      
   One needs to be careful about that.  Jurisdictions vary.  In some, muni courts   
   are as you describe.  Indeed, often people don't care too much about a hearing   
   in the muni court, knowing if they lose they'll go to the next level.  But in   
   other jurisdiction    
   the muni court is one of record, and the appellate court process is completely   
   different.   
      
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