Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1809

Boudinot v. Lewis

Boudinot v. Lewis
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided September 15, 1809 · Kirkpatrick, Pennington, Ubssekt
3 N.J.L. 566

Boudinot v. Lewis

Opinion of the Court

Kirkpatrick, C. J. and UbsSEKt, J.

-Were of opininon, that the provision contained in that section', did hot apply to suits instituted in this Court; that the Words at the close of the section, “ if he recover any sum whatever, the defendant shall be liable to pay costs,’’should be construed that thé defendant in such casé, should be liable to pay cOsts, ns in other [*] cases; or as if the prohibitory part of the section had not been passed, but was not intended to alter the law respecting costs in this Court.

Pennington, J.

— Inclined to a contrary opinion, froth the general, positive, and unqualified language of the act.

Costs refused.-

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