29-24-102 - Costs on nominal recovery.
29-24-102. Costs on nominal recovery.
Where the verdict in slander is under five dollars ($5.00), the plaintiff shall recover no more costs than damages.
[Code 1858, § 3402 (deriv. Acts 1715, ch. 27, § 8); Shan., § 5157; Code 1932, § 9313; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2604.]