UNITED STATES v. VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND FALLS

No. 150.

154 F.2d 224 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND FALLS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 11, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Kopald and Kopald & Hoft, all of Highland Falls, N. Y., for the Village of Highland Falls.

Hiram B. O'Dell, Jr., of Newburgh, N. Y., for Anthony Volkringer.

Harry T. Dolan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and J. Edward Williams, Acting Head, Lands Division, Department of Justice, Roger P. Marquis, and Kelsey Martin Mott, Attys. Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals by two claimants from a judgment, condemning parcels of land owned by them adjacent to the Military Academy at West Point, and granting compensation awards. The Village challenges both the judgment of condemnation and its award; Volkringer challenges only his award. The parcels seized were part of a much larger tract taken in 1942 by the Secretary of War: the parcel taken from the Village being about 380 acres of high land...

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