Ky. Rev. Stat. § 453.150 : — MISCELLANEOUS PRACTICE PROVISIONSCOSTS — Next friend or relator, when to pay or recover costs TEXT PDF A next friend or relator on a bond shall, upon failure in the action, be adjudged to pay the defendant his costs. If the plaintiff succeeds, the next friend or relator shall be adjudged his costs against the defendant. KRS 453.150 Effective:10/1/1942 Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 893.