Retan v. Drew, 19 Wend. 304

By the Court,

Bronson, J.

Although the action was not, for every purpose, commenced until a copy of the ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍declaration was served on the defendant, 2 R. S. 347, § 1, 15 Wendell, 554, yet the plaintiff had before the tender employed an attorney to bring the suit, a declaration had been prepared and filed and a ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍rule entered to plead ; and the plaintiff was proceeding with all diligence to serve the defendant with a copy of the declaration and notice of the rule. The plaintiff had incurred ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍costs which the defendant was liable to pay, and the tender was not sufficient without an offer to pay the costs also. A different rule would work great in*305justice. See 3 Johns. Cas. ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍145; 2 Johns. R. 342; 17 Wendell, 91.

The pleader, so far as the nature of the case would permit, has followed the approval precedent of a replication where the tender was made after ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‍the suing out of process for the commencement of an action, 2 Chitty‘s P1. 646.

Judgment for plaintiff.

Case Details

Case Name: Retan v. Drew

Court Name: New York Supreme Court

Date Published: May 15, 1838

Citation: 19 Wend. 304

Court Abbreviation: N.Y. Sup. Ct.