Section 11-53-31 - Successful party liable for certain costs

All costs accrued at the instance of the successful defendant in a suit, which cannot be collected out of the other party, may be collected from such defendant; and after return of 'no property' on execution against a plaintiff or complainant against whom costs were adjudged, execution may be issued against the successful defendant for all cost accrued at his instance and not paid or collected from the other party. A successful plaintiff or complainant shall be liable for all the costs of the case accrued at his instance which cannot be collected from the defendants; and after return of 'no property' on execution against the defendant against whom costs were adjudged, execution may be issued against the successful plaintiff or complainant for all the costs of the case accrued at his instance not paid or collected from the defendant. An unsuccessful plaintiff or complainant shall be liable for all the costs of the case.Codes, 1880, § 2381; 1892, § 877; 1906, § 954; Hemingway's 1917, § 663; 1930, § 670; 1942, § 1581.