Case Name: Eli Weston versus Joseph Butterfield
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1813-06
Citations: 9 Tyng 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: *Eli Weston versus Joseph Butterfield.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 186–187

Head Matter:
*Eli Weston versus Joseph Butterfield.
[n an action of the case for slander, the plaintiff laid his damages at 1000 dollars, and in the Common Pleas he recovered one dollar damages and twenty-five cents costs, from which judgment he appealed, but failed to enter his appeal. Upon the defendant’s complaint, the former judgment was affirmed, and he recovered full costs arising after the appeal.
This was an action of the case for slander. The plaintiff laid his damages at 1000 dollars, and on a trial in the Common Pleas recovered one dollar damages. Of course his costs were taxed at 25 cents only. From this judgment he appealed to this Court and, failing to enter his appeal, the defendant filed his complaint, praying to be allowed his costs.
A question was made, to what costs he was entitled.

Opinion:
The Court
affirmed the former judgment, and awarded full costs to the defendant arising after the appeal.
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
[See Abbott vs. Wiley, 17 Pick. 321. — Sawyer vs. Bancroft, 21 Pick. 210.— Williams vs. Veazie, 8 Greenl. 106, — Sampson vs. Seavey, 8 Greenl. 138. — Brewer vs. Curtis, 3 Fairf. 51. — Burrill vs. Martin, 3 Fairf. 345. — Brown vs. Keith, 2 Shepl. 396. — Duncan vs. Sylvester, 1 Shepl. 438. — Ballantine vs. Taylor, 1 Nev. & P. 219. — Watkins vs. Mahon, 1 Mees. &. W. 722. — Edwards vs. Jones, 2 Mees. & W. 414. — Cross vs. Collins, 5 Bing. N. S.194. — F. H.]