Section 45-5-12 - Costs of appeal

45-5-12. Costs of appeal.If the appellant recovers fifty dollars more damages than the commissioners have awarded or if the respondent offers to allow judgment against the respondent to be taken, the respondent shall pay the costs of the appeal; otherwise the appellant shall pay the costs. Source: SL 1881, ch 97, §12; CL 1887, §2027; RPolC 1903, §2561; RC 1919, §8755; SDC 1939, §42.0211; SL 2011, ch 165, §190.