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