§ 6-30 – Costs against infant plaintiff; guardian responsible.
6-30. Costs against infant plaintiff; guardian responsible. When costs are adjudged against an infant plaintiff, the guardian by whom he appeared in the action shall be responsible therefor. (Code, s. 534; Rev., s. 1276; C.S., s. 1253.)
§ 6-31 – Costs where executor, administrator, trustee of express trust, or person authorized by statute a party.
6-31. Costs where executor, administrator, trustee of express trust, or person authorized by statute a party. In an action prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, costs shall be recovered as in an action by and against a person prosecuting or defending in […]
§ 6-32 – Costs against assignee after action brought.
6-32. Costs against assignee after action brought. In actions in which the cause of action becomes by assignment after the commencement of the action, or in any other manner, the property of a person not a party to the action, such person shall be liable for the costs in the same manner as if he […]
§ 6-33 – Costs on appeal generally.
6-33. Costs on appeal generally. On appeal from a magistrate or any court of the General Court of Justice, if the appellant recovers judgment, he shall recover the costs of the appeal and also those costs he ought to have recovered below had the judgment of that court been correct. If in any court of […]
§ 6-21.4 – Allowance of counsel fees and costs in certain cases involving principals or teachers.
6-21.4. Allowance of counsel fees and costs in certain cases involving principals or teachers. In any civil action brought against a public school principal or teacher as defined in G.S. 115C-390 arising or resulting from the use of corporal punishment, upon a determination that the principal or teacher has prevailed and that the plaintiff’s action […]
§ 6-21.5 – Attorney's fees in nonjusticiable cases.
6-21.5. Attorney’s fees in nonjusticiable cases. In any civil action, special proceeding, or estate or trust proceeding, the court, upon motion of the prevailing party, may award a reasonable attorney’s fee to the prevailing party if the court finds that there was a complete absence of a justiciable issue of either law or fact raised […]
§ 6-21.6 – Reciprocal attorneys' fees provisions in business contracts.
6-21.6. Reciprocal attorneys’ fees provisions in business contracts. (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Business contract. – A contract entered into primarily for business or commercial purposes. The term does not include a consumer contract, an employment contract, or a contract to which a government or a governmental agency of […]
§ 6-21.7 – Attorneys' fees; cities or counties acting outside the scope of their authority.
6-21.7. Attorneys’ fees; cities or counties acting outside the scope of their authority. In any action in which a city or county is a party, upon a finding by the court that the city or county violated a statute or case law setting forth unambiguous limits on its authority, the court shall award reasonable attorneys’ […]
§ 6-22 – Petitioner to pay costs in certain cases.
6-22. Petitioner to pay costs in certain cases. The petitioner shall pay the costs in the following proceedings: (1) In petitions for draining or damming lowlands where the petitioner alone is benefited. (2) In petitions for condemnation of water millsites when the petitioner is allowed to erect the mill; but when he is not allowed […]
§ 6-23 – Defendant unreasonably defending after notice of no personal claim to pay costs.
6-23. Defendant unreasonably defending after notice of no personal claim to pay costs. In case of a defendant, against whom no personal claim is made, the plaintiff may deliver to such defendant with the summons, a notice subscribed by the plaintiff or his attorney, setting forth the general object of the action, a brief description […]