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97 A.D. 118

Kant v. Bergman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1904-07-15

Appeal by the plaintiff, Nils G. Kant, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau on the 30th day of March, 1904, taxing the costs and disbursements of a referee appointed to sell real property in a foreclosure action.

Decided 1904-07-15

Per Curiam :

¶1We think that section 3297 and subdivision 6 of section 3307 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not authorize the referee to charge fifty cents for receiving the judgment of sale. Subdivision 11 of the latter section specifies services for which a fee may be charged, the same as for similar services upon the sale of real property by virtue of an execution, but itdoes not include and, therefore impliedly excludes a fee for receiving the judgment.

¶2The referee was not entitled to more than ten dollars for commissions allowed by section 3297 of the Code of Civil Procedure, inasmuch as it appeal’s that such commissions are based upon a sum bid by a party and applied upon that party’s demand as fixed by the judgment without being paid to the referee.

¶3The order is thus modified and, as modified, is affirmed, without costs.

¶4All concurred.

¶5Order modified in accordance with opinion of Jenks, J., and as modified affirmed, without costs.

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