Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. J. G. Menihan Corp.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is before .us upon a record made tip pursuant to Rule 76 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c. The question presented is whether the trial court erred in dismissing *941the complaint without costs and in denying the defendants’ application for an additional allowance on the theory, stated in the court’s opinion, D. C., 29 F.Supp. 853, that no provision of law permits the imposition of costs against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

In equity and in admiralty the imposition of costs is so largely a matter within the discretion of…