RECOVERY OF COSTS BY PREVAILING PARTY IN LAWSUIT
As a general rule, the successful party to a suit shall recover of its adversary all costs incurred in the suit. TEX. R. CIV. P. 131. The allocation of costs is within the trial court's discretion and, absent an abuse of discretion, cannot be overturned on appeal. Labor v. Warren, 268 S.W.3d 273, 278 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2008, no pet.) (citing Madison v. Williamson, 241 S.W.3d 145, 157 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, pet. denied)). Section 31.007(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code prescribes that:
Each party to a suit shall be responsible for accurately recording all costs and fees incurred during the course of a lawsuit, if the judgment is to provide for the adjudication of such costs. If the judgment provides that costs are to be borne by the party by whom such costs were incurred, it shall not be necessary for any of the parties to present a record of court costs to the court in connection with the entry of a judgment.
TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 31.007(a) (West 2008). "Although somewhat vague as to procedure," section 31.007(a) "clearly does not require a formal presentation of evidence of a party's costs during trial." Varner v. Howe, 860 S.W.2d 458, 466 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1993, no writ). "All that seems to be required is that the successful party present . . . an itemized list of costs and fees incurred during the lawsuit." Id.; see Labor, 268 S.W.3d at 279.
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