Construction as Remedial

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The law of costs shall be construed remedially and not as the penal law.

Code 1858, § 3219 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 65); Shan., § 4961; Code 1932, § 9114; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1644.

Cited: Barrett v. Town of Nolensville, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. App. LEXIS 119 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 10, 2011).


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