Humboldt Lovelock Irr. Light & Power Co. v. Smith

Following the filing of the opinion and decision of this Court dismissing plaintiff’s bill of complaint, 25 F.Supp. 571, 575, defendant and interveners severally filed cost bills, to which plaintiff filed objections, which cost bills were allowed and taxed by the clerk of the court. Plaintiff has moved to re-tax the costs. The objections interposed to the cost bills include the following ground: that costs are not allowable where suit is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

In the decision heretofore rendered it was held: “The complaint does not set out a substantial federal question and,…