Except where it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in any action, or in a motion for judgment for money, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, shall recover his costs against the opposite party; and when the action is against two or more, and there is judgment for or discontinuance as to some but not all of the defendants, those for whom there is judgment, or as to whom there is such discontinuance, shall recover their costs.
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Chapter 59. Fees, Allowances and Costs; Newspapers; Legal Advertisements
§59-2-1. Suits by Persons Financially Unable to Pay
§59-2-4. Costs on Motions and Interlocutory Proceedings
§59-2-5. Payment of Costs on Granting of New Trial or Continuance
§59-2-6. Where Recovery of Damages Less Than Fifty Dollars in Action Ex Delicto
§59-2-7. Judgment Where Recovery Is Fifty Dollars or Less in Action Ex Contractu
§59-2-8. Costs on Final Judgment; Judgment For, or Discontinuance as To, Some of Defendants
§59-2-9. Costs When Original Papers or Record Replaced
§59-2-10. Suit by One Person for Benefit of Another
§59-2-12. Costs When Case Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
§59-2-14. Taxation of Statute Fees
§59-2-15. General Taxation of Costs
§59-2-17. Fees of Prosecuting Attorney