No petition for rehearing filed.
PER CURIAM
On April 3, 1969, the First Division of this court reversed, with opinion, the judgment of the trial court in the above-entitled cause of action, and said cause of action was remanded for proceedings consistent with the opinion; and, pursuant to Burns' Indiana Statutes Annotated, § 2-3237, said opinion ordered the costs to be assessed against the appellee.
On April 29, 1969, six days after the expiration of the time allowed for the filing of a petition for rehearing, the appellants filed a Petition for Taxation of Costs, wherein the appellants petitioned this court to tax the costs of this appeal as follows:
1. For the preparation of the transcript of record to be used on appeal ................. $ 40.75 2. For the payment of docket fees taxed by the clerk of this court ..................... 25.00 3. For the payment of the premium on the appeal bond furnished by the appellants, the amount of said bond being fixed by the trial court ....................... 600.00
It is the opinion of this court that there is no question as to Items 1 and 2. It is well settled by statutory enactment that these items, totaling $65.75, should be taxed to and paid by the appellee.
Appellants, in their petition to tax costs, contend that Item 3, the appeal bond premium, should be taxed against the appellees and paid by the appellees.
Burns' Indiana Statutes Anno., § 25-1407, reads as follows:
This court made the following interpretation of this statute in the case of Jose v. Hunter (1916), 63 Ind.App. 298, 124 N.E. 65, 66, and spoke as follows:
This interpretation was reaffirmed by this court in the case of Pittman-Rice Coal Co., Inc. v. Hansen (1952), 122 Ind.App. 334, 342, 102 N.E.2d 387, 104 N.E.2d 758; and in the case of General Grain, Inc., Appellant, v. Pierre F. Goodrich, Appellee (1968), 142 Ind.App. 142, 233 N.E.2d 187.
It is our opinion that Item 3, amounting to $600.00 should be taxed by the clerk of this court against the appellee and paid by the appellee.
NOTE. — Reported in 248 N.E.2d 167.
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