Vingi v. Read

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petitioners seek to have quashed a certain record made by the superior court in an action of trespass and ejectment pending in that court, in which action they are the plaintiffs and the respondent is the defendant. The writ issued and the record is before us.

In this record the following order appears as part thereof: “... it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed as follows; —First. That witness fees and counsel fees in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) are hereby allowed/and awarded to the defendant which said amount is hereby assessed…