Asbestos Covering & Textile Co. v. Goldberg

If the law as to costs is what the plaintiff -claims it to be, this case is eloquent as to the need of a change in' the law which will give discretionary power to the court to control in larger measure the use of its own process, either by requiring antecedent leave to attach, or giving the court more control over costs.

*623The plaintiff’s claim is $6.13, presumably just, since the defendant has confessed it. The clerk taxed the costs at $75.75. On appeal, the judge affirmed the taxation.

We cannot escape the conviction that in passing upon the appeal one vital consideration was overlooked. By…