Case Name: Low against Rogers and others, Commissioners, &c.
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1811-08
Citations: 8 Johns. 321
Docket Number: 
Parties: Low against Rogers and others, Commissioners, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 321–322

Head Matter:
Low against Rogers and others, Commissioners, &c.
Where an inquisition. taken un» der the 20th see-relative tohigha.7&é.)(o?LeñSi^hway.was removed into this court by certicrari> aml quashed, it was held, that the appeltied to% “«j1 ínThe^stí tutes, as to coste.
AN inquisition had been found before a justice of the . J peace, pursuant to the 20th section of the act to regulate highways, (sess. 24. c. 186.) of an encroachment on the liighway, by Low, the appellant, and which was removed to this court, by certiorari, and quashed. And the question now raised for the consideration of the court, was, 9 5 whether the party was entitled to costs.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case was removed into this court by certiorari, and was founded upon an inquisition taken under the 20th section of the highway act, (Laws, vol. 1. p. 596.) by which the jury had found that the appellant had encroached upon the highway, and the inquisition has been now quashed by this court.
The inquisitio'n- below was not a judgment, or order, made for the benefit of another person, within the act relative to suing out writs of certiorari. (Laws, vol. 1. p. 192.) It seems to be a casus omissus in our statute book, as to costs. There is no provision giving costs, or damages, either one way or the other, when such a proceeding as that below is removed into this court by certiorari. The act regulating the suing out writs of certiorari is the only one making provision for costs in cases . analogous to this, and that is done by requiring the party suing out the writ, to enter into a recognisance to pay costs. There is a similar provision in several - British statutes relative to proceedings by certiorari.
Costs denied.