Tenn. Code § 20-12-118 : — CIVIL PROCEDURECOSTS —12-118 - Cases not expressly covered TEXT PDF If any case occurs not directly or by fair implication embraced in the express provisions of the law, the court may make such disposition of the costs as, in its sound discretion, may seem right. T.C.A. § 20-12-118 Code 1858, § 3220; Shan., § 4962; Code 1932, § 9115; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1620.