Case Name: Stephen Coffin, Plaintiff in Error, v. Hanner, Jennings & Co., Defendants in Error
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1857-08
Citations: 1 Or. 236
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stephen Coffin, Plaintiff in Error, v. Hanner, Jennings & Co., Defendants in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 236–237

Head Matter:
Stephen Coffin, Plaintiff in Error, v. Hanner, Jennings & Co., Defendants in Error.
Error to Clackamas.
Upon motion for affirmance of judgment below, with an allowance of ten per cent, damages, as provided by statute, when it is uncertain whether the writ of error was taken in good faith or not, damages were not allowed.
A. E. Wait, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
Olney, J.
The plaintiff fails to prosecute his writ of error, and it is suggested that his attorney is detained away from this court by sickness. The Chief-Justice who tried this cause, reports that the claim was a very old one; and the evidence was such as to leave it doubtful whether the verdict is or is not in accordance with truth. It being uncertain whether the writ of error was not taken in good faith, the Chief-Justice hesitates, in a case of uncertain merits, to impose a discretionary penalty, and I am willing to defer to his opinion.
Judgment affirmed without penalty.