Opinion
The opinion
THE COURT,
upon the authority of Mason v. Waite, 1 Pick. 452 , directed several costs to be allowed to the defendants. They thought it made no difference in a case of tort, whether the pleadings were joint or several, as to costs. See Brown v. Stearns, 13 Mass. 536 .
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