The clerk shall insert in the entry of judgment, on the application of the prevailing party upon five days' notice to the other except when the attorneys reside in the same city, village or town and then upon two days' notice, the sum of the allowances for costs and disbursements as provided by law and the necessary disbursements, including the fees of officers allowed by law, the fees of witnesses, the reasonable compensation of commissioners in taking depositions, the fees of referees and the expense of printing the papers for any hearing when required by a rule of the court. The disbursements shall be stated in detail and verified by affidavit. A copy of the items of the costs and disbursements shall be served with a notice of adjustment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 15-37-40
Clerk shall insert costs and disbursements in judgment
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Oliver v. South Carolina Department of Highways & Public Transportation (1992)
Most recently applied in Maybank v. BB&T Corp. (June 2016)
1962 Code SECTION 10-1606; 1952 Code SECTION 10-1606; 1942 Code SECTION 762; 1932 Code SECTION 762; Civ
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