Case Name: Greener v. Steinway et al.
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1885-11-20
Citations: 48 F. 708
Docket Number: 
Parties: Greener v. Steinway et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 48
Pages: 708–708

Head Matter:
Greener v. Steinway et al.
(Circuit Court, S. D. New York.
November 20, 1885.)
Taxation op Costs — Docket Fees.
When a demurrer to a hill in equity is sustained, a docket fee of $30 is taxable in favor of defendant.
In Equity. Exceptions to clerk’s taxation of costs.
Ralph W. Morrison, for plaintiff.
George W. .Qotlerill and Arthur v. Briescn, for defendants.

Opinion:
Shipman, J.
The exception to the clerk's taxation of costs, in disallowing a docket fee of $20, upon a decree for costs in favor of the defendant, upon a successful demurrer to the complainants' bill, is sustained. The defendant's right to a docket fee of $20 is sustained upon the authority of Wooster v. Handy, 23 Blatchf. 112, 23 Fed. Rep. 49; The Anchoria, 23 Fed. Rep. 669; McLean v. Clark, Id. 861; Price v. Coleman, 22 Fed. Rep. 694; and Scharff v. Levy, 112 U. S. 711, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 360.