CODE OF VIRGINIA COSTS WHEN SUIT IS IN NAME OF ONE PERSON FOR ANOTHER (§ 17.1-603) When a suit is in the name of one person for the benefit of any other, if judgment is entered for the defendant’s costs, it shall be against such other. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-177; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-180; 1998, c. 872.