UNITED STATES v. 16.747 ACRES OF LAND

No. 296.

50 F.Supp. 389 (1943)

UNITED STATES v. 16.747 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN CITY OF WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL., et al.

District Court, D. Delaware.

June 15, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lynch, U. S. Atty., and W. Thomas Knowles, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Wilmington, Del., and Charles M. Irelan, Sp. Asst., of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

James T. Mullin and Howard Duane, of Wilmington, Del., for defendants.


LEAHY, District Judge.

This is a motion by certain property owners to vacate an order granting possession to the United States and to vacate the judgment of taking. The purpose of the motion is to contest the legal sufficiency of the petition for condemnation and the validity of all proceedings so far taken in this cause.

On March 11, 1943, the United States filed its petition for condemnation of a tract of vacant land located in the City of Wilmington, and...

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