Decamp v. Crane

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chief Justice.

The decree in this case was in favor of the appellant, and the costs of the appeal were awarded to him. The case on appeal was printed by him, ■ and the present motion is to direct the clerk to include this expense in the taxed bill.

This has never been the practice. No bill of costs can, probably, be produced from the files of this court containing this item. This part of the expense has. heretofore always been borne by the party bringing the appeal. If, therefore, this court had the power to award this expense to a successful…