Platt v. Jerome
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was "brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
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This case was "brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of New York. Mr. Gollamer, counsel for the plaintiff in error, moved that the writ of error be dismissed, and in support thereof filed the following paper, viz: “ This cause, which is now pending, on writ of error, from the United States Circuit Court of New York, is hereby set- . tied and discontinued by mutual consent, each party .to pay their own cost, and satisfaction is hereby acknowledged of ail claims and demands between the parties hereto. “Dated "Waterbury, December 20,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a motion, on behalf of the’attorney for the defendant in error, to restore the cause on the docket,’ which has been dismissed upon a stipulation of a settlement between the parties. • The judgment was for the defendant Jerome, in the court below, for costs of-suit, upon which the plaintiff lookout a writ of error. The attorney claims that he had a lien on the judgment for his costs.
It is quite clear that he can have no lien for any costs in this court, as none have been recovered against the plaintiff in error. The suit is still pending; andas to the question of the dismissal of the…
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