Upon affirmance of a judgment in the Supreme Court, the costs of the defendant in error or appellee shall be added, by way of increase, to his or her costs in the first judgment, and be a part of the judgment. The amount may be stated accordingly in the process and pleadings.
Code 1852, § 2529; Code 1915, § 4450; Code 1935, § 4908; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5107; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.