Baccari v. Tucker

Pursuant to an order of the court plaintiffs before trial examined the defendant in the City of Rochester, New York; the defendant at the time being a resident of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois. The court order which authorized the pretrial examination of the defendant provided that the defendant’s railroad fare from Chicago to Rochester was to be paid by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs obtained a judgment against the defendant as the result of the trial of the issues, and they have included in their bill of costs and disbursements an item of $105.77 which represents the railroad fare…