Civil Procedure Act, 1833

Defendants having a Nolle prosequi or a Verdict in any Action shall have Costs.

XXXII. And be it further enacted, That where several Persons shall be made Defendants in any Personal Action, and any One or more of them shall have a Nolle prosequi entered as to him or them, or upon the Trial of such Action shall have a Verdict pass for him or them, every such Person shall have Judgment for and recover his reasonable Costs, unless, in the Case of a Trial, the Judge before whom such Cause shall be tried shall certify upon the Record, under his Hand, that there was a reasonable Cause for making such Person a Defendant in such Action.