Kreager v. Judd

Swing, D. J.

In this case a verdict was rendered by the jury for the plaintiff for §312.48. Counsel for the defendant now file a motion asking that each party be required to pay his own costs. Section 968 of the Bevised Statutes provides :

“When, in a circuit court, a plaintiff in an action at law originally brought there, or a petitioner in equity, other than the United States, recovers less than the sum or value of $500, exclusive of costs, in a case which cannot be brought there unless the amount in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds said sum or value; * * he shall not be allowed, but, at…