Jackson v. Randall
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of trespass for mesas profits* The amount of the recovery being only forty-nine dollars, the defendant claimed a right to recover costs: and Campbell, for the defendant, now applied to have them set off against recovered» '
1Per curiam
Under the act soneemmg costs, as it previous to the last revision of law s, if the plaintiff in an action of trespass, recovered above five dollars, he recovered costs» (K. & R. Ed. vol. 1. 530. sess. 24. c. 170. s. 6.) But mow, unless the recovery is above fifty dollars, the plaintiff muss pay costs, unless the freehold or title to the land comes in question. (1 N. R. L. 243. sess. 36. c. 96. s. 4.) It does not nex / eessanly follow, from the form of the pleadings, or the nature of the inquiry, upon the trial of an action for mesne profits, that the title or freehold did come in question.…
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