Scott v. Doughty
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Northampton county in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for money. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. Reversed and final judgment for plaintiff.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Northampton county in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for money. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error. Reversed and final judgment for plaintiff. This is an action in the form of a motion for judgment by the plaintiff in error, who will be hereinafter referred to as Scott, against the defendant in error, to recover certain costs for which judgment was entered against Doughty in the Supreme Court of Appeals in an action of ejectment on the two appeals reported as Whealton v. Doughty, 112 Va. 649, 72 S. E. 112, and 116 Va. 566, 82 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
*526The case turns upon the decision of the following question :
[1] 1. Does section 3525 of. the Code embrace only costs in the trial courts or does it also embrace costs in the appellate court?
We are of opinion that this statute embraces only costs in the trial court and that it has no reference to costs in the appellate court.
Section 3525 of the Code, so far as material, provides as follows:
“Except where otherwise provided, the party .for whom final judgment is given in an action or motion, whether he be…
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