Case Name: Weinberger v. Friedman
Court: Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1930-03-07
Citations: 14 Pa. D. & C. 510
Docket Number: No. 243
Parties: Weinberger v. Friedman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania District and County Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 510–510

Head Matter:
Weinberger v. Friedman.
Morris B. Gelb, for plaintiff; Tinkham & Myers, for defendant.
March 7, 1930.

Opinion:
Newcomb, P. J.,
The question is on the regularity of the proceedings had by a justice of the peace.
On plaintiff's claim of $50 judgment was entered against defendant "for the sum of $50 and $8.50 costs."
This was erroneous. Costs are recoverable only as an incident to a judgment. They can not be both an incident to and also an integral part of the judgment debt: Garey and Pender v. Redmond, 4 Lacka. Jurist, 52.
This ground of objection is fatal and the other exceptions may be disregarded.
Judgment reversed.
From William A. Wilcox, Scranton, Pa.