§ 9-22-12. Discharge or discontinuance as to codefendant.
Whenever several persons shall be made defendants in any action and the action shall be discontinued as to any one or more of the defendants, or if, upon the trial thereof, any one or more of them shall be acquitted by verdict or upon motion, every defendant so discharged or acquitted shall have and recover his or her costs.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 452; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 12; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-12.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-22-1. - Court order requiring nonresident plaintiff to give surety for costs.
Section 9-22-3. - Dismissal for failure to give surety.
Section 9-22-4. - Liability of surety.
Section 9-22-5. - Recovery of costs by prevailing party.
Section 9-22-6. - Apportionment of costs in action for partition.
Section 9-22-7. - Apportionment of surveyors’ and other fees.
Section 9-22-8. - Costs in excess of claim — Attachment on small claims.
Section 9-22-9. - Costs on motions, petitions, and appeals.
Section 9-22-10. - Matters before superior court in vacation.
Section 9-22-11. - Costs to defendant on withdrawal or discontinuance.
Section 9-22-12. - Discharge or discontinuance as to codefendant.
Section 9-22-13. - Travel and attendance costs of joint party.
Section 9-22-14. - Actions by assignee or indorsee of promissory note.
Section 9-22-15. - Witness fees allowed where certificate filed after judgment.
Section 9-22-16. - Extra costs for appeal to delay.
Section 9-22-17. - Taxation by clerk — Approval or revision by justice.
Section 9-22-18. - Disallowance of unjustified costs — Costs for written evidence.
Section 9-22-19. - Expense of printing record.