PEOPLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 3811.

134 F.2d 267 (1943)

PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO, on Behalf of ISABELA IRR. SERVICE, v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 11, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Cattron Rigby, of Washington, D. C. (Manuel Rodriguez Ramos, Acting Atty. Gen., for Puerto Rico, of counsel), for appellant.

John P. Hearne, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAHONEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico dismissing the claim made by the People of Puerto Rico on behalf of the Isabela Irrigation Service for additional compensation in proceedings instituted by the United States to acquire land by condemnation for military purposes.

The United States, on September 6, 1939, filed its petition and declaration of taking in the district court and deposited...

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