Case Name: Hamlin against Hart
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1825-05
Citations: 4 Cow. 396
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hamlin against Hart.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cowen's Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 396–396

Head Matter:
Hamlin against Hart.
The plaintiff can in no case have costs in fyS brought^n the supreme court, in an action of aseumpsit, unless he recover more than
He cannot have costs, tho’ tho^accountsof exceed $400.
him in such caso to costs, in the common pleas'
Assumpsit. On a reference, the report was in favor of ' • - the plaintiff $22, the accounts of both parties exceeding t'^OO. And upon-this, the question was whether the plain.tiff should have costs, or whether he should pay costs-to , 'the defendant,
A. Sampson, for the plaintiff,
F. M. Haight, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Curia.
The plaintiff must pay costs to the defendant, It is true, the suit could not he brought in a Justice's Court, the whole accounts of both sides exceeding $400. But the plaintiff, in order to recover costs, must have have sued in the Common Pleas. Ill assumpsit, the plaintiff can m no case have costs in the Supreme Court in a suit originally brought there, unless he recovers more than $50 damages.
Rule accordingly.
See 1 R. L. 344, s. 4, 5, and sess. 47, ch. 238, s. 1, 33.