Missouri Laws 488.473 – Condemnation of property by utility, payment of costs — compensation of ..
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 488.473
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
The cost of the proceeding to appropriate property as provided in section 393.080 shall be paid by the corporation, company or individual seeking the appropriation for gas, electric, water and sewer corporations, up to and including the filing and copying of the report of the commissioners, and the court, as to any cost made by any subsequent litigation, may make such order as in its discretion may be deemed just. The court shall, pursuant to section 393.080, allow the commissioners a reasonable compensation for their services, which shall be taxed as costs in the proceedings.