Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Pressnell
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided February 10, 1963No. Civ. A. No. 196PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
NEESE, District Judge.
This is an original condemnation proceeding. Costs were taxed against the plaintiff, and the relator Tennessee Valley Authority, the condemnor, has moved the Court to strike the cost-taxing provision from its final order.
No question is presented concerning the taxing of costs against the condemnee. This is an ex parte motion by which the condemnor seeks to be relieved of the minimal court costs involved. The Court will judicially notice that granting the motion would require the clerk’s office to “absorb” that amount.
The sole argument of the relator is that the plaintiff…
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- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
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