United States of America v. 0.121 Acres of Land Known as Parcel 103, 202 Saint Louis Street, Mobile, AL et al

Filing 34

ORDER entered GRANTING 33 Motion for Final Order and Judgment of Condemnation. Each party to bear its own costs and fees, and judgment to issue in favor of the United States. Signed by Judge W. Louis Sands on 10/16/08. (jlr)

IN T H E UNITED S T A T E S D I S T R l C T C O U R T FOR T H E S O U T H E R N D I S T R I C T OF A L A B A M A S O U T H E R N DIVISION U n i t e d States o f America, Plaintiff, vs. 0.121 Acres o f Land K n o w n as Parcel 103, 202 Saint Louis Street, Mobile, Alabama; Heirs at Law o f W i n t h r o p M. Hallett, deceased; Mobile C o u n t y Tax Assessor; C i t y o f M o b i l e Tax Assessor; Central P a r k i n g Systems o f Alabama; Winthrop M. Hallett, III; W i l l i a m E d w a r d Pritchett; Lynn H. Davis; S h a r o n P. Romito; Estate o f M r . W i l l iam King Self; R o s e m a r y Ogburn. Defendants.

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CIVIL A C T I O N NO. 0 5 - 0 4 2 7 - L S - C

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ORDER

This c a u s e is before the C o u r t on the " M o t i o n for Final O r d e r and J u d g m e n t o f C o n d e m n a t i o n " in w h i c h the United States seeks vestment o f title in the p r o p e r t y which is the subject o f this litigation. Based upon the " M o t i o n " and the C o u r t file, it is O R D E R E D as follows: 1. This C o u r t has subject m a t t e r and personal j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r this case. 2. The legal description o f the property at issue is: Description o f Parcel " G " Begin at the intersection o f the north right o f way o f line o f S t . Louis Street and the west right o f way line o f C o n c e p t i o n Street, City o f M o b i l e , M o b i l e County, Alabama; thence a l o n g said north r i g h t o f way line o f S t . Louis Street, run S O U T H 69 deg. 56' 52" W E S T 40.08 feet (12.216 meters) to the P O I N T OF B E G I N N I N G o f the property herein described; t h e n c e continuing S O U T H 69 deg. 56' 52" W E S T

along said north right o f way line o f St. Louis Street, run a distance o f 45.75 feet (13.945 meters) to a point; thence run N O R T H 22 deg. 59' 04" W E S T 107.11 feet (32.647 meters) to a point; thence run N O R T H 69 deg. 14' 47" E A S T 26.29 feet (8.013 meters) to a point, thence run N O R T H 21 deg. 55' 13" W E S T 11.75 feet (3.581 meters) to a point; thence run N O R T H 69 deg. 14' 47" E A S T 21.5 feet (6.553 meters) to a point; thence run S O U T H 21 deg. 53' 18" EAST 119.36 feet (36.381 meters) to a POINT OF BEGINNING. C O N T A I N I N G 5,270 S Q U A R E F E E T (489.599 S Q U A R E METERS). 3. The land use purpose for the c o n d e m n a t i o n is to construct a new federal district c o u r t house. This is an appropriate governmental use o f the real property, and accordingly, the United States had the right to condemn said property. 4. All persons with a possible interest in the property have been properly served. All persons c l a i m i n g an interest in the property have reeeived j u s t compensation. Indeed, all c l a i m a n t s w e r e notified o f the a m o u n t o f c o m p e n s a t i o n they w e r e to receive, and given adequate time to o b j e c t to the amount; however, no c l a i m a n t filed an objection. Moreover, the a m o u n t o f c o m p e n s a t i o n had b e e n agreed upon through negotiations with the parties. 5. The C o u r t therefore finds that c o m p l e t e title vests in the U n i t e d States o f America, that the U n i t e d States holds title to said property to the exclusion o f any o t h e r person a n d / o r entity, and t h a t any and all interests in said real property that were or m i g h t h a v e been claimed by any person or entity is extinguished. W H E R E F O R E , the " M o t i o n " o f the U n i t e d States o f America is G R A N T E D , with each party to bear its own c o s t s and fees, and j u d g m e n t is to issue in favor o f the U n i t e d States. D o n e this

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