Bloomingdale v. Waite

This is a motion to review taxation of costs. The plaintiff brought an action in this court to recover possession of a piano, or its value, $200. Said piano was the subject-matter of a conditional bill of sale. Plaintiff recovered judgment for said relief and taxed a full bill of costs and disbursements, amounting to $89.01, which is objected to on the ground that this is an action which could have been brought in the Municipal Court. Samodwitz v. Karpf, 80 App. Div. 496, was an action similar to the one at bar, wherein the court held that the plaintiff could not maintain an action upon a…