Legal Opinion

Leo v. Reile

New York County Courts

Decided May 26, 1959Published

1Opinion of the CourtJohn J. Walsh, J.

Action by Nicoletta Leo for personal injuries and by Frank Leo for medical expense and loss of services wherein there was a jury verdict for plaintiff, Nicoletta. and. in favor of defendant against plaintiff, Frank Leo. Defendant has entered a judgment for costs against Frank Leo and plaintiff moves to cancel and discharge the judgment. In this case there was a single complaint and a single answer.

There appears to be a conflict of authority on the point.

In Parler v. City of New York (72 N. Y. S. 2d 430 [1947]) Justice Capozzoli wrote: “ Some cases hold that costs are not properly taxable…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. M. Salimoff & Co. v. Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
  2. Boldin v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Karolczyk v. GrattonNew York Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Antonietti v. PearsonCity of New York Municipal Court · 1934
  5. Girou v. Metropolitan Distributors, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1943

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