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).