Case Name: Gillespie ads. Pfister and M'Comb
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1800-10
Citations: 1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 120
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gillespie ads. Pfister and M'Comb.
Judges: 
Reporter: Coleman & Caines' Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 120–121

Head Matter:
Gillespie ads. Pfister and M'Comb.
PENDLETON moved that the plaintiffs file security for costs before they be allowed to proceed in the suit, on affidavit that one of the plaintiffs had removed to Alezo-Jersey since the commencement of the suit, arid that the other was confined in gaol for debt; and further, that the defendant was informed, and believed, that the cause of action was assigned.
He insisted that the insolvency of a plaintiff was the same thing as it respected the defendant’s remedy for his costs, as living without the reach of the process of the court; and that the assignment leaving him only the trustee for the benefit of a stranger, it was reasonable that security should be filed.
B. Livingston, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
It is sufficient that one of the defendants resides within the reach of the process of the court, and we can take no notice whether he is insolvent or not. And as to the assignment, the defendant has nothing to do with it.
Motion denied.