BROWN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 8683.

143 F.2d 374 (1944)

BROWN et al. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 26, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Huver I. Brown, of Washington, D. C., pro se, submitted on the brief for appellant Huver I. Brown. Mr. Joseph N. Jones, of Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellants.

Messrs. Richmond B. Keech, Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, Vernon E. West, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, and James W. Lauderdale and Stanley DeNeale, Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, all of Washington, D. C., submitted on the brief, for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellees, proceeding under the applicable statutes,1 condemned land for street purposes in the District of Columbia. In its verdict the jury awarded damages for the land taken and assessed benefits against adjacent parcels of land belonging to appellants. Appellants filed objections to these assessments; they were overruled by the trial court; and from the judgment confirming the jury's verdict this appeal was...

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