Opinion ID: 1128861
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Heading: Costs on Appeal

Text: The right to recover costs is statutory. Harrison v. Pence, 79 Idaho 377, 318 P.2d 1096 (1957); Cole v. Cole, 68 Idaho 561, 201 P.2d 98 (1948). Applicable statutes are I.C. § 12-114 and I.C. § 41-2607. [1] In furtherance of the provisions of I.C. § 12-114, this court has adopted rules concerning the allowance of costs on appeal. Supreme Court Appellate Rule 40 (see Idaho State Bar Desk Book) provides in pertinent part: Costs may include statutory filing fees, cost of transcript, bond premiums and cost of printed brief   . (Emphasis added.) Appellants in their memorandum of costs sought to recover the total amount of annual premiums paid for the cost of bonds on this appeal. In perfecting this appeal, appellants filed one instrument, which included an undertaking on appeal (I.C. § 13-203) and also a supersedeas undertaking on appeal (I.C. § 13-204). Under the provisions of I.C. § 41-2607, the amount appellants may recover for their disbursements to the surety for the bond are limited to one percent (1%) on the amount of the liability upon such bond    during each year the same has been in force. The clerk of this court shall compute the correct amount due in accordance with the uncontested items of the appellants' memorandum of costs and disbursements, and in accordance with the views expressed herein, and certify the costs for the appeal and supersedeas bonds to the clerk of the district court to be entered there as a judgment in accordance with the provisions of I.C. § 12-114.