Any person who takes steps in any court to remove any officer from office, and fails in so doing, shall pay the officer his costs expended in the defense of the procedure. If the officer is removed, the person instituting and carrying on the procedure shall be adjudged his costs against the officer.
KRS 453.130
Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 896.