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UNITED STATES v. 16,572 ACRES OF LAND

Civ. A. No. 55.

49 F.Supp. 555 (1943)

UNITED STATES v. 16,572 ACRES OF LAND et al.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

March 17, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. McGregor, U. S. Atty., and Willett Wilson, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for petitioner.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman & Bates, of Houston, Tex. (John H. Crooker, Baker, Botts, Andrews & Wharton, Tom M. Davis, and Dillon Culver, all of Houston, Tex., A. Harris and Chas. V. Yeamans, both of Bay City, Tex., F. C. Proctor, Jr., of Victoria, Tex., Joiner Cartwright and John B. Thomas, both of Beaumont, Tex., and Martin A. Row, of Dallas, Tex., Gerald C. Mann, Atty. Gen. of Texas, E. P. Price and Chester E. Ollison, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Texas, and Russel H. Markwell, of Galveston, Tex., for defendants.

KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a suit (condemnation suit) by the Government of the United States to take for the public use (Army), under Sections 257, 258, 258a to 258e, 40 U.S.C.A., approximately 16,572 acres of land in this District and Division, and this is a hearing on the Government's motion to now adjudicate the title to such land.

Under a declaration of taking made by the Secretary of War in accordance with Section 258a et seq., and upon the deposit...

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