Lakin v. Sutton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Sutton Lakin, as administratrix, etc., from an order of the County Court of Delaware county in favor of. the defendant, entered, in the office of the clerk of said county on the 1st day of December, 1908, directing, that the costs in the action be taxed against the plaintiff individually.
1Opinion of the CourtChester, J.
The plaintiff in an action brought by her as administratrix of the estate of her mother, recovered a judgment against the defendant, her stepmother, on a trial in the Justice’s Court. On the appeal from that judgment to the County Court the judgment was reversed, with costs to the defendant. The plaintiff thereupon appealed to this court where the judgment of the County Court was affirmed, with costs. (127 App. Div. 933.) A motion was then made by the defendant in the County Court for leave, to tax her costs in the action against the plaintiff individually, and from the order granting that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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