Supreme Court of Vermont February 15, 1865 (Fullam v. Ives)

Poland, Ch. J.

The statute provides that, “ if any person shall cause process to be served on another for any matter or cause, and discontinue his suit, or be non-suit therein, or when such suit shall be abated and dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the court to which *660such, process is made returnable shall give judgment for the defendant to recover reasonable costs.” G. S. 267, § 42.