§ 1-14-125 — When costs not recoverable by plaintiff

When the judgment is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00),
unless the recovery is reduced below that sum by counterclaim or
setoff, each party shall pay his own costs. When the damage
assessed is under five dollars ($5.00), the plaintiff shall not
recover costs in any action for libel, slander, malicious
prosecution, assault, assault and battery, false imprisonment or
nuisance.