Except where it is otherwise provided, the party for whom final judgment is given in any action, or in a motion for judgment for money, whether he be plaintiff or defendant, shall recover his costs against the opposite party; and when the action is against two or more, and there is judgment for or discontinuance as to some but not all of the defendants, those for whom there is judgment, or as to whom there is such discontinuance, shall recover their costs.
W. Va. Code § 59-2-8
Costs on final judgment; judgment for, or discontinuance as to, some of defendants
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 176 W. Va. 438 - Jones v. Jones (1986)
Most recently applied in 226 W. Va. 50 - Carper v. Watson (June 2010)
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