Pugsley v. Van Alen

| N.Y. Sup. Ct. | Aug 15, 1811

per Curiam,

The rule was conditional, and of no This is the import force, without the payment of costs, . . of the rule as entered, it being granted “ on payment of costs.” The plaintiff must have been regular, and the defendant admitted to plead at the last term as a favour, or the condition of paying costs would not have been, imposed. This being the case, it would not be reasonable that the favour should be obtained absolutely, and the plaintiff driven to the tedious process of recovering the costs by attachment. It may be doubted whether the rule would admit of the construction that the party is in contempt for not paying the costs, as he was not ordered to pay them, but only admitted to a favour on that condition, and it was left to his volition whether or not he would comply with that condition. If a new trial be granted on payment of costs, this rule, say the books, is conditional, and they must be forthwith paid. (Impey’s K. B. 252.) So, when leave is given to a party to amend, it is on the like condition. (2 Cromp. 458.) We have an analogous case in this court. In Jackson, ex dem. Onderdonk, v. Weston, May term, 1803, the court, according to an original note of the case, said that “ where a plaintiff is nonsuited, and comes for a favour, to set it aside, and it is set aside, on payment of costs, those costs must be paid instanter, and the party who is to pay must go and seek the other party.”

Motion denied.