Case Name: Phœnix, Administrator, against Hill
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1808-05
Citations: 3 Johns. 249
Docket Number: 
Parties: Phœnix, Administrator, against Hill.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 249–249

Head Matter:
Phœnix, Administrator, against Hill.
Where an executor or administrator brings a wrong action, by mistake, the court will allow him to discontinue without costs.
THIS was an action brought on a decree of a court in Scotland. The writ was returned at the November term in 1806, and the defendant was discharged on common bail, the plaintiff not being able to show a sufficient cause of action. A rule was afterwards entered for the plaintiff to declare, and he now applied for leave to discontinue without payment of costs.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There is no evidence that the administrator, knowingly, brought a wrong action, and we are not to presume it. We are, therefore, of opinion that he ought to be allowed to discontinue without the payment of costs.
Rule granted.