20-12-134. Payment by state.
In all cases where any civil action is brought on behalf of the state, in law or equity, and the state is adjudged to pay all costs, the costs shall be paid out of the treasury, upon the costs being properly certified.
[Acts 1859-1860, ch. 76, § 2; Shan., § 4963; Code 1932, § 9117; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1636.]