2 Johns. Cas. 409
Decided October 15, 1801
New York Supreme Court · decided 1801-10-15
The plaintiff recovered 250 dollars debt, on a single bill, and also damages, for the detention, including interest as costs. The question was whether he was entitled to full costs.
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Decided 1801-10-15
Cited by 7 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1899
5 state decisions
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¶1The plaintiff is entitled to full costs. The act deprives him of full costs, when he recovers a sum not exceeding 100 pounds, exclusive of costs. The recovery here exceeds that sum ; and in form as well as reality, the judgment applies to the damages as well as to the debt.
¶2Judgment accordingly.(
¶3(a) See Grab. Prac. 2d ed. 717, et sea.