Court Opinion

ID: 9833110
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:27:25.751604+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:59.741944
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On Rehearing.
On December 23, 1911, this court by its judgment in all things affirmed the judgment rendered by the trial court in this cause, and, after a due consideration of appellants’ motion for rehearing, we are satisfied with the disposition made by us in our former opinion as to the merits of the case, but we have reached the conclusion that the costs incident to the filing and attempted prosecution in the trial court of cause No. 159 should be taxed against the plaintiff in that suit, and as an inspection of the judgment rendered by the trial court shows that all costs incident to the filing and attempted prosecution of cause No. 159, as well as all costs in cause No. 150,- were taxed and adjudged against appellant J. W. Swearingen in the consolidated cause, the judgment of the trial court, as well as our former judgment in this cause, will be so reformed as to tax all costs incident to the filing and attempted prosecution in the trial court of cause No. 159 against the O. K. T. Investment Company, plaintiff in that suit, and, thus reformed, the judgment of the trial court will in all things be affirmed, and the former judgment in this court as thus re*668formed will be permitted to stand. Had appellant, by a proper motion, filed in the trial court and called to the attention of that court, sought a retaxing of the costs in that court so as to adjudge the costs incident to the filing and attempted prosecution of cause No. 159 incurred in the trial court against the O. K. T. Investment Company, and had such motion been overruled by the trial court and such ruling been properly brought before this court, the ruling we have made in this item of costs in disposing of appellant’s motion for a rehearing would have resulted in all costs of this appeal being taxed against ap-pellee, though the cause be .affirmed as to the merits.
[4] But as no effort was made in the trial court to have the matter of costs properly taxed therein before resorting to this court, and it is not made thus to appear that it was necessary for appellant to come to this court to get relief as to said item of costs, the taxing of costs not being necessarily a part of the judgment on the merits, all costs incident to this appeal having been taxed against the appellant by the former judgment of this court will be allowed to so stand. Ball v. Chase et ah, 49 S. W. 934, and authorities there cited.
The motion for rehearing, except as above indicated, will be overruled; and it is so ordered.