...admit, the first party will have to bear the costs, and cannot recover them against the other, except where the omission to give the notice is, in the opinion of the taxing officer, a saving of expense. If notice to admit be given, the party refusing or neglecting...

...reasonable. And no costs of proving any document shall be allowed unless such notice be given, unless the omission to give the notice is, in the opinion of the taxing officer, a saving of expense. 144. — (1.) Any party may give notice to another party, by his...