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TEXAS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE / RULE 137

TRCP 137: In assault and battery, etc.

Allocation of costs in specified civil actions when the plaintiff’s verdict or judgment is less than twenty dollars.

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In civil actions for assault and battery, slander and defamation of character, if the verdict or judgment shall be for the plaintiff, but for less than twenty dollars, the plaintiff shall not recover his costs, but each party shall be taxed with the costs incurred by him in such suit.