Terry v. Chandler
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Pond du Lao County. contended that but one bill of costs can be taxed where several defendants appear by the same attorney, unless it clearly appears that it was necessary to interpose separate answers setting up different defenses; and in such case costs can only be taxed for drawing sueb answers and copies.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Pond du Lao County. contended that but one bill of costs can be taxed where several defendants appear by the same attorney, unless it clearly appears that it was necessary to interpose separate answers setting up different defenses; and in such case costs can only be taxed for drawing sueb answers and copies. Castellanos v. Beauville, 2 Sandf. 670; Tracy v. Stone, 5 How. 104; Braden v. Kakhaiser, 3 Sandf..760; Brock-way v. Jewett, 16 Barb. 590; Meagher v. Baehelder, 6 Mass. 444; Ward v. Johnson, 13 Mass. 148; Bailey v. Johnson, 1 Daly, 61; Ball v. Lindo, 8…
1Opinion of the CourtPaiNE, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs as creditors of the Bank of Eond du Lac, against the defendants as stockholders, in pursuance of the practice sustained by this court in Coleman v. White, 14 Wis. 700. The suit was discontinued, and the respondents, who had appeared separately, though by the same attorney, and filed separate answers, each taxed in his favor a full bill of costs, before the clerk. It appears by the record that the plaintiffs’ attorney filed specific objections to the taxation of certain items more than once, and *458afterward moved for a retaxation before the court, which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coleman v. WhiteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
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