# Brown v. Miller

> New York Supreme Court · September 9, 1847 · 1 Barb. 24

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5457113

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown v. Miller
- **Court:** New York Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 9, 1847
- **Citations:** 1 Barb. 24
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Edmonds
- **Judges:** Edmonds
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Edmonds, J.
Cases of this kind have occurred where, the damages could very conveniently have been ascertained by a sheriff’s jury, but where the plaintiff’s attorney, upon an affidavit like this, has obtained a rule of reference, and very largely and unnecessarily augmented the costs. To guard against such an abusé of the statute, I shall in future exact from the plaintiff’s attorney a sworn copy of the account on which the suit is brought; so that the court may judge for itself as to the necessity of a reference.

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