Costs on Equal Demands

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On a plea of setoff or recoupment, if the demand of defendant equals the demand of the plaintiff, judgment for all costs is to be rendered for defendant.

Code 1932, § 8771; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1005.

Cross-References. Costs, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 54.

Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 22 Tenn. Juris., Setoff, Recoupment and Counterclaim, §§ 2, 11.

Collateral References. 20 Am. Jur. 2d Costs §§ 16, 20, 61.

20 C.J.S. Costs § 12; 49 C.J.S. Judgments § 568.

Costs 270.


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