Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853

Costs of several Issues.

LX. The Costs of every Issue, whether of Fact or Law, shall follow the Finding or Judgment upon such Issue, and be adjudged to the successful Party, whatever may be the Result of the other Issues; and the Costs of all Issues found for the Defendant shall be deducted from the Plaintiff’s Costs, if the Defendant shall proceed with due Diligence to tax the same; and the Costs of all Issues found for the Plaintiff shall be deducted from the Defendant’s Costs, if the Plaintiff shall proceed with due Diligence to tax the same; and if said Costs so to be deducted shall not in either Case be taxed in Time for the Purpose of deducting the same from the Costs of the opposite Party they shall be separately recoverable by Execution, when taxed and ascertained.