Case ID: nys_72/html/1120-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "VAN BRUNT, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

MOWBRAY, Appellant, v. SHELDON, Respondent.
    (Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
    November 8, 1901.)
    Action by William B. Mowbray against George R. Sheldon. From an order requiring security for costs, plaintiff appeals.
    Reversed.
    G. W. Carr, for appellant. G. B. Mahony, for respondent.
   VAN BRUNT, P. J.

The ground upon which this order was made seems to have been that the suit was vexatious. It is sought to sustain the order by claiming that the plaintiff is the ‘trustee of an express trust, but an examination of the pleadings fails to disclose any ground upon which such a position can rest. The action seems to be an action for damages, and nothing else. Under these circumstances, the court was without authority to make an order requiring the plaintiff to file security for costs. The order must be reversed, with $10 costs and disbursements, and the motion denied.