Blain v. Home Ins. Co.

This is an informal motion to retax costs. The record discloses the following state of facts: The plaintiff instituted his action in the state court on a policy of insurance. The cause was removed to this court, by tbe defendant, under tbe act of March 3, 1875. The case was assigned for trial at the present term of the court, but it appearing, at the threshold of the trial, that it involved the adjustment of complicated accounts, the cause was referred to an auditor. Pending the hearing before the auditor, the parties agreed upon a settlement, in pursuance of which their attorneys caused the…