Mercantile Investment & Holding Co. v. Gilliland

This petition is submitted by defendant in error to review an order of the circuit court taxing costs pursuant to Rule 24 of this Court.

The item taxed as cost and here complained of is $600.00 representing the premium paid for a supersedeas bond. Chapter 16246 Gen. Laws, 1933, provide:

“Section 1. If costs shall be awarded to either or any party in any civil cause at common law or in equity in any court of the State of Florida, then the reasonable premiums or expenses paid on all bonds or stipulations, or other security furnished in the said cause by the prevailing party in whose favor such…