Potter v. Richards
New York Supreme Court
The plaintiff having commenced a suit in this court against the defendant, obtained a warrant against him under the provisions of the act to abolish imprisonment and punish fraudu* lent debtors, Laws of 1831, p. 396, § 3, 4, 5, whereon the defendant was arrested and brought before a commissioner, who, after receiving the defendant’s affidavit and examining him on oath, dismissed the complaint and directed the defendant to be discharged from custody.
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The plaintiff having commenced a suit in this court against the defendant, obtained a warrant against him under the provisions of the act to abolish imprisonment and punish fraudu* lent debtors, Laws of 1831, p. 396, § 3, 4, 5, whereon the defendant was arrested and brought before a commissioner, who, after receiving the defendant’s affidavit and examining him on oath, dismissed the complaint and directed the defendant to be discharged from custody. The defendant thereupon made out a bill of costs incurred in the proceeding, and had the same taxed by a commissioner, on notice to the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
A taxation was undoubtedly proper; there was a suit pending, and in a proceeding had therein, the defendant became entitled to costs, which could be liquidated only by taxation. I am of opinion, however, that the commissioner erred in the taxation. Besides fees to officers, the statute allows costs and expenses incurred by the defendant; these terms do not moan all expenses which may be incurred ; they mean only taxable costs. When the legislature intend to give a party his disbursements, they use that term; they have not done so here, and the defendant can have no…
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