George v. Belk

This is an action for malicious prosecution, in which two trials occurred and a large bill of costs was accumulated in the Court below. On the last trial the jury came into Court and reported a verdict in this form, viz.: “We find that defendant should pay all the costs and that the plaintiff recover one dollar.” Upon the suggestion of counsel for the plaintiff, that the jury were evidently laboring under a misapprehension on the subject of costs, and that it ■ would be well for the Court to instruct them, the Court then said, in substance, “You have nothing to do with the matter of costs,…