{3071. Proceedings in appellate court. Upon an appeal, provided for in this article, after the expiration of ten days from the time of filing the justice's return, the action is deemed an action at issue in the appellate court; and all the proceedings therein, including the entry, enforcement, and review of the judgment, are the same, as if the action had been commenced in the appellate court, except as otherwise specially prescribed in this chapter. From Co. Proc., §§ 364, 366. § 8072. Offer to compromise after return. Either party may, at any time after the action is deemed at issue in the appellate court, and before the trial, serve upon the adverse party, a written offer to allow judgment to be taken against him. for a sum, or property, or to the effect, therein specified, with or without costs. If there are two or more defendants, and the action can be severed, a like offer may be made by one or more defendants, against whom a separate judgment may be taken; and, if it is accepted, the action becomes severed, and may proceed against the other defendants, as if it had been originally commenced against them only. If the party receiving the offer, within ten days thereafter, serves upon the adverse party, notice that he accepts it, he may file it, with proof of acceptance; and thereupon the clerk must enter judgment accordingly. If the offer is not thus accepted, it cannot be proved upon the trial; and if the party, to whom it was made, fails to obtain a more favorable judgment, he cannot recover costs from the time of the offer, but must pay costs from that time. From Id., 366, subd. 5. § 3073. Amount of costs. Upon an appeal, provided for in this article, costs, when awarded, must be as follows, besides disbursements: For all proceedings before notice of trial, fifteen dollars. For the trial of an issue of fact, twenty dollars. For the argument of a motion for a new trial on a case, fifteen dollars. For each term, not more than five, at which the appeal is .regularly on the calendar, excluding the term, at which it is tried, or otherwise finally disposed of, ten dollars. From Id., § 371. 882 TITLE IX. Costs. Sec. 3074. When prevailing party to recover costs. What costs allowed. 3075. When neither party to recover costs, 3076. Amount of costs limited. 3077. Costs upon demurrer. 3078. Taxation of costs. 3079. Increased costs. 3080. Costs on judgment for one or more defendants. 3081. Costs wrongfully collected may be recovered back. § 3074. [Am'd, 1903.] When prevailing party to recover costs. What costs allowed. Except as otherwise specially prescribed by law, a party who recovers judgment in an action in a justice's court, is entitled to costs; which must be included in the judgment. Costs consist of the fees, allowed by law, for services necessarily rendered in the action, at the request of the party entitled to costs, or paid by him, as prescribed by law; and of such other expenses, as a party is entitled to include in his costs, by express provision of law. The defendant in an action brought in a justice's court may require security for costs to be given, where the plaintiff is a foreign corporation. So far as practicable, the provisions of title three of chapter twenty-one of this act, shall apply to the proceedings for requiring such security, the requisites of the undertaking and the justification of sureties therein. From 2 R. S. 247, § 126; L. 1857, c. 775, § 2; L. 1866, c. 002, § 2. L. 1903, c. 276 (in effect Sept. 1, 1903). Am'd by § 3075. [Am'd, 1909]. When neither party to recover costs. In either of the following cases, costs shall not be awarded to either party, but each party must pay his own costs: 1. Where the action is discontinued by the absence of the justice for more than one hour, after the summons is returnable, or after the time to which the trial has been adjourned. 2. Where the justice is disqualified, for a reason specified in section 15 of the Judiciary Law. 3. Where the action is discontinued, upon the ground that the defendant is an infant, for whom a guardian ad litem has not been appointed. 4. In an action to recover one or more chattels, where the plaintiff recovers a chattel, or part of a chattel, or the value thereof, and the defendant also recovers a chattel, or part of a chattel, which has been replevied and delivered to the plaintiff, or the value thereof. The plaintiff is entitled to costs, where both parties recover, as specified in this subdivision, unless the chattel, for which the defendant recovers, has been replevied and deliv-. ered to the plaintiff. New. Am'd by L. 1909, c. 65 (in effect Feb. 17, 1909). § 3076. [Am'd, 1895.] Amount of costs limited. The sum to be awarded, as costs, to the prevailing party, except where it is otherwise specially prescribed by law, is limited as follows: 1. It cannot exceed fifteen dollars, besides the fees of witnesses, where, upon the trial of an issue of fact or of law, either party recovers damages to the amount of fifty dollars or more, or if the defendant recovers judgment, the sum for which the plaintiff demanded judgment, was fifty dollars or more, or the value of all the chattels, to recover which the action was brought, was stated in the complaint at fifty dollars or more. 2. In every other case, it cannot exceed ten dollars, besides the fees of witnesses, attending from another county. But the prevailing party is entitled, in addition to the sums specified in this section, to the fees and expenses allowed by law, for a commission issued to examine a witness not residing in the county or in an adjoining county; and for each adjournment exceeding one, which was granted upon the application of the party against whom the judgment is rendered. From L. 1866, c. 695, § 2; L. 1841, c. 138, § 3. Am'd by L. 1895, c. 597. j 3077. Costs upon demurrer. Where judgment is rendered upon the trial of a demurrer, the costs of the trial must be included therein; otherwise costs are not allowed upon the trial of a demurrer. New. See Co. Proc., § 64, subd. 11. § 3078. Taxation of costs. Where a justice renders a judgment, he must specify, in his docket-book, the items of costs, which were allowed by him. Before any item of costs is thus allowed, other than a fee to the justice, or to a juror or witness who attended, or to a constable who has certified the amount of his fee, upon a paper filed with the justice, the party must show, by his oath, or that of his attorney, to the satisfaction of the justice, that the item was actually and legally paid or incurred. New. § 3079. Increased costs. Increased costs must be awarded in favor of the defendant, in an action in a justice's court, in a case, and increased at the rate, specified in section 3258 of this act. New. § 3080. Costs on judgment for one or more defendants. In an action against two or more defendants, not united in interest, who make separate defences by separate answers, if the plaintiff fails to recover judgment against all, the justice must award costs to those who have judgment in their favor. From 2 R. S. 616 (Part 3, c. 10, tit. 1), § 18. 3081. Costs wrongfully collected may be recovered back. Where a justice includes in a judgment a greater amount of costs than is allowed by law, or an improper item of costs or fees, and the same is collected; the person from whom it was collected may, notwithstanding the judgment, recover from the justice who has received it, the amount thereof, with interest. From 2 R. S: 266 (Part 3, c. 2, tit. 4), § 230. 884 TITLE X. Action or special proceeding, relating to an animal straying upon the highway. Sec. 8082. Action against person suffering animals to stray. 3083. Penalties to be recovered. 3084. Certain officers to seize animals straying. 3085. When private person may seize such animals. 3086. Officer or person seizing to present petition. 3087. Precept thereupon. 3088. Id.; how served. 3089. Proof of service of precept. 3090. Answer; trial. 3091. Decision in favor of petitioner; warrant to sell; execution thereof. 3092. Application of proceeds of sale. 3093. Disposition of surplus. 3094. Id.; when no claim made within a year. 3095. Order upon claim for surplus; appeal therefrom. 3096. Proceedings upon decision in favor of person answering. 3097. Demand of possession before trial. Proceedings thereupon. 3098. Id.; when animal wilfully set at large by third person. 3099. Action by owner in such a case. 3100. Action by petitioner and by officer. 3101. Demand of possession after final order and before sale. 3102. Order upon demand of possession; appeal therefrom. 3103. Id.; stay of proceedings. 3104. Appeal from final order. 3105. Id.; by claimant; stay of proceedings and delivery of possession. 3106. Proceedings upon affirmance. 3107. Limitation of action for seizing animals. 3108. Certain actions cannot be maintained. 8109. Where several animals are trespassing, damages are entire. Proceedings in such cases. 3110. Proceedings in other cases, where there are different owners. 3111. Surplus, where there are different owners. 3112. When one action, etc., supersedes any other. 8113. Right of officer when private person fails to prosecute. 3114. Person having a special property deemed owner. 3115. Agent may act for his principal. § 3082. Action against person suffering animals to stray. Any person, who suffers or permits one or more cattle, horses, colts, asses, mules, swine, sheep, or goats, to run at large, or to be herded or pastured, in a public street, highway, park, or place, elsewhere than in a city, incurs thereby the penalty or penalties specified in the next section; and any resident of the town, or the officer to whom a fine or penalty is to be paid for the benefit of the poor, as prescribed in section 2875 of this act, or the overseer or superintendent of the poor of the town or district, in which one or more of those animals are found so running at large, herded, or pastured, may maintain an action against him, in a justice's court, held in that town or district, to recover the penalty or penalties so incurred. Where the action is brought by a private person, the justice must pay the proceeds of an execution, issued upon a judgment therein in favor of the plaintiff, after deducting the costs, to the officer, who might have brought the action, as prescribed in this section, to be applied by him to the support of the poor within his town or district. From L. 1862, c. 459, § 1; L. 1872, c. 776. | 3083. Penalties to be recovered. If the plaintiff recovers judgment, in an action brought as prescribed in the last section, the justice must award to him the following sums, by way of penalties, besides the costs of the action: 1. For each horse, colt, ass, mule, swine, bull, ox, cow, or calf, five dollars. 2. For each sheep or goat, one dollar. The entire amount of the penalties may be recovered, in one action, although it exceeds the sum, for which a justice can render a judgment in an ordinary action. Id. § 3084. Certain officers to seize animals straying. Where one or more cattle, horses, colts, asses, mules, swine, sheep, or goats are found running at large, or being herded or pastured, in a public street, highway, park, or place, elsewhere than in a city, the overseer of highways of the road district, or, if they are so found within an incorporated village, the street commissioner thereof, having personal knowledge or being notified of the fact, must immediately seize the animal or animals, and keep it or them in his possession, until disposed of as prescribed in the following sections of this title. Id. § 3085. When private person may seize such animals. Any person may seize one or more animals specified in the last section, then running at large, or being herded or pastured, in a public street, highway, park, or place, elsewhere than in a city, bordering upon real property owned or occupied by him; or then trespassing upon real property so owned or occupied, having entered thereupon from such a public street, highway, park, or place. The person making the seizure, must keep the animal or animals seized in his possession, until disposed of as prescribed in the following sections of this title. From L. 1862, c. 459, § 2; L. 1867, c. 814. § 3086. Officer or person seizing to present petition. An officer or other person, who seizes an animal or animals, as prescribed in either of the last two sections, must immediately file, with a justice of the peace of the town in which the seizure was made, a written petition, verified by his oath; setting forth the facts, which bring the case within either of those sections; briefly describing the animal or animals seized; stating either the name of the owner, or that his name is not known to the petitioner, and cannot be ascertained by him with reasonable diligence; and praying for a final order, directing the sale of the animal or animals seized, and the application of the proceeds thereof, as prescribed in this title. Where the petition alleges, that any animal or animals seized, were then trespassing upon real property owned or occupied by the petitioner, it must state the amount of the damages, if any, which the petitioner has sustained thereby. In that case, the decision of the justice, or, where the issues are tried by a jury, the verdict, must fix the amount of the damages, From L. 1862. c. 459, § 3: L. 1867, c. 814.. § 3087. Precept thereupon. Upon the presentation of the petition, the justice must issue a precept under his hand: directed to the owner, if his name is stated in the petition, or, if it is not so stated, directed generally tall persons having any interest in the animal or animals seized; |