10 How. Pr. 313 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1854
There is some doubt upon the affidavits, whether the plaintiff’s absence was temporary or permanent, so as to make him a non-resident. The motion, however, is denied, upon the ground that the defendant is not in a condition to ask that security for costs be given. There is, what amounts to an interlocutory judgment against him. Until that is got rid of, he can never be entitled to judgment for costs against the plaintiff. All the defendant can attempt to do, until he shall obtain leave to answer, is, to reduce or mitigate the damages. The plaintiff will, in any event, be entitled to, at least, nominal damages, which, in this action, precludes the idea of the defendant recovering costs..
The proceeding to obtain security for costs is founded upon Tit. II., Chap. X., Part III., of the Revised Statutes, (Vol. 2,
If the defendant should get the default opened, and become entitled to defend the action, he would then, and I think not until then, be in a situation to ask for security.
The order to show cause is discharged, and the motion that the plaintiff file security denied, with $7 costs.