Cooke v. Poole

Citations

• 26 S.C. 321
• 2 S.E. 609
• 1887 S.C. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>1. Costs in chancery follow the event of the action “unless otherwise ordered by the court” — which means the court that heard the cause and pronounced the final judgment therein on the merits.</p> <p>2. Where a Circuit Judge in a chancery case rendered final judgment as to certain defendants wholly in their favor, and mad& no direction as to costs, such defendants are entitled to have their costs taxed against the plaintiíf; and a succeeding judge can make no order to the contrary.</p> <p>3. Items in the taxation of costs by the clerk, not excepted to nor brought to the attention of the Circuit Court, cannot be considered in this court.</p>