Legal Opinion

Kummer v. Christopher & Tenth St. Railroad

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided May 8, 1895PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Action by Charles Kummer against the Christopher & Tenth Street Railroad Company. Motion for new taxation of costs.

1Opinion of the CourtG-Ieg-Erich, J.

Upon further consideration, I am convinced that I erred, upon a former motion for a new taxation of costs in this case, in allowing $15 for services after notice of trial and before trial. Such an allowance should not be made in the case of a new trial granted upon an order. The case of Spring v. Day, 44 How. Pr. 390, followed by Chief Judge Daly in Zelmanovitz v. Railway Co. (Com. Pl. N. Y.) 33 N. Y. Supp. 583, is authority for such a charge in the case of a new trial resulting from a disagreement of the jury, but does not present the question of the proper practice in taxation for a new…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Spring v. DayThe Superior Court of New York City · 1873
  2. Cohu v. HussonNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1885
  3. Starr Cash-Car Co. v. ReinhardtNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
  4. Lennon v. MacIntoshCity of New York Municipal Court · 1887
  5. Zelmanovitz v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Common Pleas · 1891

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Seifter v. Brooklyn Heights RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  2. Patrick v. New York State Railways, New York County Courts1914

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