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§ 17.1-603 Costs when suit is in name of one person for another

When a suit is in the name of one person for the benefit of any other, if judgment is entered for the defendant’s costs, it shall be against such other.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as § 14-177. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 386; in 1998, chapter 872.

Code 1950, § 14-177; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-180; 1998, c. 872.

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