BENITEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 3768.

141 F.2d 943 (1944)

BENITEZ et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 29, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlota Benitez Sampayo, pro se.

J. Octavio Seix, pro se.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Wilma C. Martin and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Attys., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Henri Brown, of San Juan, P. R., for Bank of Nova Scotia.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from three judgments entered by the court below in the course of a condemnation proceeding.

On November 12, 1941, the United States, pursuant to the request of the Acting Secretary of the Navy, filed a petition for condemnation of land on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for immediate public use for security of fleet anchorage. The petition named as defendants numerous persons having or claiming interests...

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