BAETJER v. UNITED STATES

No. 3933.

143 F.2d 391 (1944)

BAETJER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 26, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. T. Fiddler, of San Juan, P. R., for appellants.

Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Joseph F. McPherson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of San Juan, Puerto Rico, for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY, and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico awarding the appellants, who are the trustees of Eastern Sugar Associates, a trust, $361,500 as compensation for two tracts of land on the island of Vieques1 condemned and taken possession of by the United States for war purposes under 40 U.S.C.A. § 258a.

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