Catts v. Clements

Spruance contended that the defendant was entitled to a judgment for his costs in the suit on the receipt and admission of the plaintiff that he had been paid by the defendant in full of the note yesterday; and further said that, although, with the understanding that the case had been settled, the witnesses had been discharged yesterday from any further attendance upon the court if there was any doubt about the defendant's being entitled, under the circumstances, to a judgment for his costs of suit up to that time, he could and would at once proceed to a trial before a jury to be immediately…