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Allen against Hickson

New Jersey Supreme Court1797-11
6 N.J.L. 499

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Per Curiam.

A suit cannot be sustained on such grounds; if the costs be unreasonable, retaxation is the proper remedy. It would be to allow a justice to set aside the judgment of the Common Pleas, a tribunal of superior powers to his own, which had decreed a particular sum as legal costs.