UNITED STATES v. PETTY MOTOR CO.

Nos. 2820-2826.

147 F.2d 912 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. PETTY MOTOR CO., and six other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilma C. Martin of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan B. Shields, U. S. Atty., of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Shirley P. Jones, of Salt Lake City, Utah (Benjamin L. Rich and Gordon R. Strong, both of Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief), for appellees William G. Grimsdell and others.

Before PHILLIPS and MURRAH, Circuit Judges, and RICE, District Judge.


RICE, District Judge.

On November 9, 1942, the government, acting by authority of the Second World War Powers Act of March 27, 1942, 56 Stat. 176, 177, 50 U.S.C.A. § 632, instituted a proceedings in rem to condemn and take possession of a leasehold interest in a certain building located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and known there as the old Terminal Building. The leasehold interest taken gave the United States immediate possession and the right to occupy same as...

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