Case Name: Nathan Leonard v. Eli Freeman
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1805-08
Citations: 1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 491
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nathan Leonard v. Eli Freeman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Coleman & Caines' Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 491–491

Head Matter:
Nathan Leonard v. Eli Freeman.
IT appeared on the return to the certiorari, that the action in the court below, and in which a recovery had taken place, was instituted for expenses incurred in going to Albany, to swear to an answer to a bill filed by the now plaintiff", against the present defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment must be reversed. The court of chancery has the exclusive right to determine questions of costs in the suit before it; and though the ground of the action might have been a vexatious bill, the justice could not have any cognizance.