Per Curiam.
The right to costs is governed by the statute in effect when the right to costs accrues, not that in effect when the action is begun. (Defendorf v. Defendorf, 42 App. Div. 166; Dreyer v. Shapiro, 143 Misc. 170; Galante v. Dae Mfg. Co., N. Y. L. J., June 4, 1954, p. 7, col. 2.) Since the plaintiff's recovery was less than $1,500, the amount prescribed by subdivision 2 of section 1474 of the Civil Practice Act, when the costs...
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