Andrews v. Cole

The defendant objects to tbe taxation by the clerk of a docket fee of $20 as part of the costs of the complainant upon a final decree herein. Tbe defendant did not answer or demur to the bill, and complainant took an order for a decree pro confesso, and subsequently obtained a final decree. As the cause has been finally determined, and as its determination involved a bearing by the court, there has been a final hearing within the meaning of section 824, Rev. St., which authorizes a docket fee of $20 to be taxed. There has been much discussion of the meaning of the term “final hearing,” as…