UNITED STATES v. 232.68 ACRES OF LAND, IN SHELBY COUNTY

Civil Action No. 499.

57 F.Supp. 891 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. 232.68 ACRES OF LAND IN SHELBY COUNTY et al.

District Court, W. D. Tennessee, W. D.

November 24, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Gillespie, of Memphis, Tenn., for Villa Land Co.

Sylvanus W. Polk, of Memphis, Tenn., for City of Memphis.

Charles C. Crabtree, of Memphis, Tenn., for Shelby County.


BOYD, District Judge.

The United States filed its petition in condemnation on December 7, 1942, in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress approved August 18, 1890, 26 Stat. 316, as amended by the Acts of Congress approved July 2, 1917, 40 Stat. 241, April 11, 1918, 40 Stat. 518, 50 U.S.C.A. § 171, and March 27, 1942, Public Law 507, 77th Congress, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 631 et seq., which Act authorizes the acquisition of land for military or...

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