CENTENNIAL INS. CO. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS. CO.

No. 81-60.

69 Ohio St. 2d 50 (1982)

CENTENNIAL INSURANCE CO., APPELLANT, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., L.P.A., and Mr. Richard J. McGraw, for appellant.

Messrs. Baker & Hostetler, Mr. Albert J. Knopp, Mr. Paul S. Turner and Ms. Wendy J. Gibson, for appellee.


LOCHER, J.

This cause presents one issue: whether a court of appeals may tax as a cost the premium paid for a supersedeas bond.

This court has consistently limited the categories of expenses which qualify as "costs." "Costs, in the sense the word is generally used in this state, may be defined as being the statutory fees to which officers, witnesses, jurors and others are entitled for their services in an action * * * and which the

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