ATWATER KENT MFG. CO. v. UNITED STATES

Civil Action No. 1613.

53 F.Supp. 472 (1943)

ATWATER KENT MFG. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

December 31, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Conwell Cooney (of Mancill, Cooney & Ott), of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

C. James Todaro, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


BARD, District Judge.

Defendant, the United States of America, filed a motion for a new trial, following a jury verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $190,000.

Plaintiff, Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, was the owner of 19.6964 acres of land situated in Philadelphia. This land was acquired by condemnation proceedings by the United States for public use.

The issue at the trial was the value of the land at the time of taking on June 30, 1941. For...

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