In any action commenced in the district court of the Fourth Judicial District, no costs or disbursements shall be allowed the plaintiff where there is a municipal court in the district where such action is brought, having jurisdiction of the subject matter and in which jurisdiction of the defendant or defendants could be acquired, and in case the amount of recovery by the plaintiff in such an action is less than $200, the plaintiff shall pay the defendant's costs and disbursements.
Minn. Stat. § 549.05
(9473-1) 1925 c 326