Case Name: In the Case of T. Bailey
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799-01
Citations: 1 Johns. Cas. 32
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Case of T. Bailey.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 36–36

Head Matter:
In the Case of T. Bailey.
Costs in suits by or against attorneys.

Opinion:
If an attorney sues by attachment of privilege, for a debt less than- one hundred pounds, he can recover no more costs . than in the court of common pleas; but if the attorney is sued, in this court, for less than one hundred pounds, the plaintiff may recover full costs against him.
. Varian v. Ogilvie, one of, &c., 3 Johns, it. 450 ; Wood v. Gibson, one, &c., 1 Cowen, 597 ; Foster v. Garutey, one, &c., 13 Johns. B. 465; Moulton v. Hubbard, one, &c., 6 id. 332.