Case Name: John Purchase, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. George F. Bellows, Defendant and Appellant
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1863-05-30
Citations: 9 Bosw. 642
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Purchase, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. George F. Bellows, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 22
Pages: 642–642

Head Matter:
John Purchase, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. George F. Bellows, Defendant and Appellant.
In this case it was decided that the Court may deny a motion to set off, against a judgment, the costs of an appeal from an order on a summary application after judgment, in order to protect the attorney’s claim to a lien on the costs of such proceeding after judgment, although the case be one where a set-off might be enforced by action.
Heard, in General Term, before Bosworth, Ch. J., and Barbour and Monell, J. J.,
April 25, 1863;
decided, May 30, 1863.
See the points decided, in the index to this volume, under the titles, “ Practice, — Motion, — Set-off.” .

Opinion:
And see the motion and appeal reported at length, with the opinion of the Court, at General Term, in 16 Abbotts' Pr., 105.