New York Court of Appeals
Jennie Herpe, Respondent v. Isidor Herpe, Defendant, and the German Savings Bank of Brooklyn, Appellant
January 14, 1919225 N.Y. 323
Summary
The Court of Appeals held that a trial court may not amend a judgment to award costs or to vacate a prior judgment because costs are a substantive part of an equity judgment; such amendments are beyond the court's authority and must be reversed.