Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors, 1842

Briggs v. Allen

Briggs v. Allen
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · Decided June 15, 1842 · Nelson
4 Hill & Den. 538

Counsel

J. How, for the defendants,, W. T. Worden, contra.

Briggs v. Allen

Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Nelson, Ch. J.

The case is not within the statute. (2 R. S. 512, § 27, subd. 2, 2d ed.) The provision contemplates a verdict for the defendant on the separate count before he is entitled to costs against the plaintiff. Independently of this section, the only consequence of a nolle prosequi *540as to one count or part of a count in a declaration^ is to deprive the plaintiff of costs upon the matters thus discontinued, (2 Tidd, 888 ; 2 Arch. 281; Hubbard v. Biggs, 16 East, 129.)

Motion denied, (a)

See The People v. Feeter, (12 Wend. 480;) Willis v. Bailey, &c. (19 Johns. Rep. 268.)

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