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2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 12 - Court Procedure
Chapter 85 - Costs
§ 2137 Costs exceeding damages
Universal Citation: 12 V.S.A. § 2137
§ 2137. Costs exceeding damages
Unless the plaintiff recovers more than $7.00 damages in actions for trespass on the freehold, other than those in which the right of title or possession of real estate comes in question, actions for slanderous words, actions for assault and battery and actions for false imprisonment, commenced before a District or Superior Court, he or she shall not recover more costs than damages. In such actions for trespass on the freehold or for assault and battery, if the court is of opinion that the trespass was willful and malicious, and so certifies, the plaintiff shall recover full costs. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
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