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PUERTO RICO RY. LIGHT & POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 3801.

131 F.2d 491 (1942)

PUERTO RICO RY. LIGHT & POWER CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 27, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Burns, of Boston, Mass., and Henri Brown, of San Juan, Puerto Rico (John F. Rich, of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for appellant.

John P. Hearne, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and Philip F. Herrick, U. S. Atty., of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

We are obliged in this case to set aside a judgment entered July 10, 1942 by the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico in a condemnation proceeding, adjudging and decreeing that title to the properties of the Puerto Rico Railway Light & Power Company is vested in the United States and authorizing the United States to enter upon and take possession of the premises on and after July 20, 1942.

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