UNITED STATES v. WURTSBAUGH

No. 10676.

140 F.2d 534 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. WURTSBAUGH et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Fred W. Smith and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Attys., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., and Malcolm E. Lafargue, U. S. Atty., and Jared Y. Fontenot, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Shreveport, La., for appellant.

Sidney M. Cook, of Shreveport, La., H. F. Madison, Jr., of Monroe, La., and W. Dan Files, of Bastrop, La., for appellees.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

In a proceeding to condemn lands and the timber thereon which had been severed by sale, the United States moved for and obtained a directed verdict and judgment fixing, in accordance with its proof, the value of the lands and timber condemned.1 It is here complaining of the judgment thus obtained and seeking its reversal.

Appellees insist that having obtained...

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