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.