Superior Court of Delaware, 1852

Bacon v. Matthews

Bacon v. Matthews
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided July 5, 1852
5 Del. 385
Bacon v. Matthews

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

All the costs on the attachments are disallowed. If a party take out an attachment, it is at his own costs, unless the witness be discharged on other terms. The witness is liable for the attachment costs, until so discharged.

The prothonotary’s charges, for copies cannot be disallowed, without an affidavit denying that they were furnished.

' Disallow the fees of witnesses Melson and Dulaney. The materiality of witnesses cannot be known, unless they are sworn. Que. ? Could they recover any witness fees, when they deprive the party of their evidence, by final neglect to appear ?

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