{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-2-11","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 59-2-11","heading":"Laws as to costs not deemed penal; discretion of court of equity as to costs; costs in appellate courts.","body":"The laws of costs shall not be interpreted as penal laws; nor shall anything in this article take away or abridge the discretion of a court of equity over the subject of costs, except that in every case in an appellate court costs shall be recovered in such court by the party substantially prevailing.","path":["CHAPTER 59. FEES, ALLOWANCES AND COSTS; NEWSPAPERS; LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.","ARTICLE 2. COSTS GENERALLY."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/59-2-11/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:11Z","sha256":"115aa639c4a8a63eb6e8b6554d6cb7265e0d528f80b345dbe0b168839cc03bf5","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-2-10","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-59-2-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}