11 Johns. 141 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1814
delivered the opinion of the court. The principal question is, whether the plaintiff’s declaration contains a
This view of the case renders it unnecessary to consider whether costs can be given on an arrest of judgment. But I think it proper to say they are not recoverable. An arrest of judgment is a refusal to give judgment; and the statute concerning costs does not extend to such a case.
The damages in this case having been found' by a jury, and this court being bound to give such judgment as the court below ought to have given, the judgment for the costs must be reversed, and a judgment entered that the plaintiff recover the damages found by the jury, and not remitted by the plaintiff; together with the costs of this court, and his costs in the court below; and that he be restored to all things, which he has lost by the judgment below. (2 Tidd’s Prac. 1130.)
Judgment for the plaintiff,