UNITED STATES v. MEYER

Nos. 7148, 7149.

113 F.2d 387 (1940)

UNITED STATES of America v. MEYER et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford W. Thompson, of St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel F. Steck, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Andrew J. Murphy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of Davenport, Iowa, and Charles R. Denny, Jr., and Francis Hoague, Attys. Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Russell R. Casteel, of East Alton, Ill., and Henry Davis, of St. Louis, Mo., amici curiæ.

Before SPARKS, and TREANOR, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in their favor for $66,750, entered in a proceeding to condemn certain of their lands for use in connection with the dam on the Mississippi River known as Lock and Dam No. 26. Adequate disposition of the several numerous errors assigned necessitates a somewhat extended comment upon the pertinent facts. Consequently, we shall avoid repetition necessarily entailed by a separate statement of facts.

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