Case Name: HASTINGS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MAYBERRY
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1790-09
Citations: 1 N.J.L. 41
Docket Number: 
Parties: HASTINGS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MAYBERRY.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 41–41

Head Matter:
HASTINGS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MAYBERRY.
Where error is brought upon a judgment by confession, and judgment is affirmed, single costs only are recoverable.

Opinion:
In this case the court held that when a writ of error is brought upon a judgment by confession, and such judgment is affirmed, single costs only can be taxed; double costs are allowed only after verdict.
Note — See Stat. 13 Car. II, cap. 2, § 10 ; Hullock's Law of Costs 280; Sayer's L. of C. 204; 1 Richardson's C. P. 250; 2 Sellon's Pr. 444 ; 211 Bl. 286.