69 Tenn. 73 | Tenn. | 1878
delivered the opinion of the court.
Smith sued Rose before a justice of the peace and obtained judgment. Rose appealed and gave Rule as surety upon the appeal bond in the Circuit Court. A rule was made upon Rose for other security, and in compliance with this rule, Deaton became additional security of record for the costs, as well those that had already accrued and those that might afterwards accrue. Upon the trial Rose was successful, and judgment was rendered against Smith for the costs. Execution was issued against him and returned nulla bona. Afterward A. P. Mulvaney, who had attended as a witness in the cause for Rose, appeared and moved the court for judgment against Rose and his surety for the amount of costs due him. Judgment was rendered accordingly against Rose, and Rule, his surety on the
By sec. 3204 of the Code, “ all costs accrued at the instance of the successful party, which cannot be collected out of the other party, may be recovered on motion by the persons entitled to them against the successful party,” or m other words, the successful party is liable upon motion for his own costs if he cannot collect them from the opposite party. He was,, of course, liable for his own costs upon suit at anytime; this section simply gave the remedy by motion. The security of the party, however, in case he had given security, was not made liable to this motion; and it was expressly decided in the case of Carren v. Breed, 2 Col., 465, that a surety is not liable. In that case, however, the act of 1859-60, ch. 120, is not referred to, and was, we presume, overlooked It is upon this act the argument as to the surety’s liability is principally made. It is as follows: “ In all cases of bonds for the prosecution of original suits, or by appeal, certiorari, or writs of error, or where there is security taken of record in any courts of the State or before justices of the peace, the security shall undertake to pay all costs that .may be at any time adjudged against his principal, in the event it is not paid by said principal.” Code, sec. 3196a. “In all cases where costs in any case in any court, or before a jus-lice of the peace, is adjudged against either party, judgment shall be entered against the party and his se
The judgment will be reversed and Deaton discharged.