Centennial Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

This cause presents one issue: whether a court of appeals may tax as a cost the premium paid for a supersedeas bond.

This court has consistently limited the categories of expenses which qualify as “costs.” “Costs, in the sense the word is generally used in this state, may be defined as being the statutory fees to which officers, witnesses, jurors and others are entitled for their services in an action * * * and which the *51statutes authorize to be taxed and included in the judgment ****** q0S|-s not necessarily cover all of the expenses and they were distinguishable from fees and disbursements.…