Deal v. Hodge

Citations

• 124 La. 998
• 50 So. 823
• 1909 La. LEXIS 578

Syllabus

<p>1. Elections (§ 307*) — Contests — Costs — Parties Liable.</p> <p>Under Act No. 59, p. 57, of 1880, requiring the costs to be borne by the party cast in suits involving state and parish offices, a city is not liable for the costs of a contest of an election for membership in the city council; no statute making the city liable for such costs.</p> <p>2. Costs (§ 3*) — Nature.</p> <p>Costs are the creatures of statutory law.</p>