New York Supreme Court, 1825

Hamlin v. Hart

Hamlin v. Hart
New York Supreme Court · Decided May 15, 1825
4 Cow. 396

Counsel

A. Sampson, for the plaintiff,, F. M. Haight, for the defendant.

Hamlin v. Hart

Opinion of the Court

Curia.

The plaintiff must pay costs to the defendant, It is true, the suit could not he brought in a Justice’s Court, the whole accounts of both sides exceeding $400. But the plaintiff, in order to recover costs, must have have sued in the Common Pleas. Ill assumpsit, the plaintiff can m no case have costs in the Supreme Court in a suit originally brought there, unless he recovers more than $50 damages.

Rule accordingly.(a)

See 1 R. L. 344, s. 4, 5, and sess. 47, ch. 238, s. 1, 33.

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