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1 Denio 639

Jermain v. Booth

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · decided 1845-09-15

<p>In an action of trespass on lands brought pursuant to the statute giving treble damages, the plaintiff is entitled to full costs, though the damages when trebled are less than fifty dollars, and the title was not in issue and did not come in question.</p>

Relies on King v. Havens

Decided 1845-09-15

By the Court, Beardsley, J.

¶1This was an action relating to real estate enumerated in the fifth chapter of” the act concerning suits and ministers of justice, and proceedings in civil cases.” (2 R. S. 613, §3; id. p. 338, 302.) It is a penal action given by, and founded on, the sixth title of the chapter referred to. (Id. 338.) It is given to the owner of the real estate on which the trespass is committed, and to him alone, and is therefore not unaptly designated as an action relating to real estate. In all actions of that description enumerated in said fifth chapter, costs are given without regard to the amount of the recovery. (§ 3 above.) In cases of this description the right to costs depends on the nature of the action, not on the point in issue by the pleadings, or the amount of the recovery.

¶2In the present case the damages were trebled by the assent ■ and agreement of the respective parties. The stipulation to *641treble the damages was well enough, but the law would have done the same thing without a stipulation. (King v. Havens, 25 Wend. 420.) As the plaintiff was entitled to costs, the motion must be denied with costs.

¶3Motion denied.

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