Heirs of Brigham v. Executors

Supreme Court of Vermont
Heirs of Brigham v. Executors, 15 Vt. 788 (Vt. 1843)

Heirs of Brigham v. Executors

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

By chap. 44, §33, of the Revised Statutes, the allowance and taxation of costs would seem to be, to some extent, discretionary with the court wherein appeals from the probate court .are finally disposed of. But this discretion is not to be understood as an arbitrary discretion, to be exercised in each particular case, according to its peculiar circumstances, and the conduct of the parties; but is a legal discretion, to be exercised according to some general rules. We know no better rule, in regard to costs, than that the party prevailing should recover taxable costs, where he has not been in fault,

Taxable costs allowed to the appellants.

Reference

Full Case Name
Heirs of Lydia Brigham v. The Executors of the same
Status
Published