Dunn v. N. &. C. R. R. Co.
Dunn v. N. &. C. R. R. Co.
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question now presented in this cause is, how-much of the costs of the special jury should be charged to the losing party ? §4029, of the Code, is as follows: “ On motion of either party in any civil action, a special jury may be ordered and summoned, if, in the opinion of the Court, it is proper, the additional costs to be taxed to the losing party.”
The defendant, who was the losing party in this case, insists that “ the additional costs” means only the costs of summoning the special jury, or if anything more than this, it could only be to pay off the special jurors during the time the regular panel was in attendance, and on pay; for only to this extent could the costs be regarded as extra or aditional. This argument is quite plausible, but we think the meaning was to
Such was the holding of the Special Judge, and his judgment is affirmed.
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