Case Name: Laura M. Brackett, Respondent, v. Valentine W. Smith and Another, as Executors, etc., of Josephine A. Dutcher, Deceased, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1934-07
Citations: 242 A.D. 711
Docket Number: Appeal No. 2
Parties: Laura M. Brackett, Respondent, v. Valentine W. Smith and Another, as Executors, etc., of Josephine A. Dutcher, Deceased, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 711–711

Head Matter:
Laura M. Brackett, Respondent, v. Valentine W. Smith and Another, as Executors, etc., of Josephine A. Dutcher, Deceased, Appellants.
(Appeal No. 2.)
Affd., 266 N. Y.

Opinion:
— Judgment modified by striking out the provision for the payment of $668.40 costs as taxed, and as so modified unanimously affirmed, without costs. Since there is no certificate by the trial judge certifying that the plaintiff's demand was duly presented and that the payment was unreasonably resisted or neglected, the court is without power to grant costs. (Civ] Prae. Act, § 1499; Scheu v. Blum, 119 App. Div. 825.) Present — Lazansky, P. J., Young, Hagarty, Scudder and Davis, JJ.