UNITED STATES v. 40,379 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, ETC.

No. 6728.

58 F.Supp. 246 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. 40,379 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CITY OF NEWTON, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS., et al.

District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 17, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Brandon, U. S. Atty., and Philip P. A. O'Connell, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

C. Keefe Hurley and Joseph E. Casey, both of Boston, Mass., for defendants N. L. Steffens and others.

C. Keefe Hurley, of Boston, Mass., for defendant Anna L. Steffens.

Hugh S. Boyd, of Newton, Mass., for defendant North Congregational Church.


WYZANSKI, District Judge.

May 26, 1943, the Government, expressly acting under the authority of § 201 of the Second War Powers Act of March 27, 1942, c. 199, 56 Stat. 176, 177, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 632, which incorporates by reference the Act of August 1, 1888, c. 728, 25 Stat. 357, 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 257, 258, filed in this Court a petition for the condemnation of 29-41 Chapel Street, Newton, Massachusetts. That property was then owned by a nominee...

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