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3 N.J.L. 612

Marsh v. Hendricks

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1809

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1809-11-15

ON CERTIORARI. Judgment for costs of both parties, is error. The justice in rendering, judgment, had given judgment both for the plaintiff's and defendant's costs.

Decided 1809-11-15

By the Court. — This

¶1judgment must be reversed. The justice erred in giving judgment for any more costs than that of the prevailing party. The prevailing party had no right to recover the costs laid out and expended by his adversary. The judgment is not a judgment rendered for the justice, the officers of the court, or the witnesses, but for the party. The *197prevailing [*] party recovers a judgment for the costs which he himself has legally expended, in and about this suit; what his adversary hath expended he hath his right to.

¶2•Judgment reversed.

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