BOWIE LUMBER CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 11154.

155 F.2d 225 (1946)

BOWIE LUMBER CO., LTD., v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Blanc Monroe, Monte M. Lemann, and Walter J. Suthon, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

George Swarth, Vernon L. Wilkinson, and Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, J. Edward Williams, Acting Head, Lands Division, Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., and Herbert W. Christenberry, U. S. Atty., and Howell Carter, Jr., Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, both of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

The United States, in July 1943, filed in court its petition to condemn in fee simple the property here involved, together with a declaration of taking, under authority of 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 257 and 258a. The amount of $60,107.00 as estimated just compensation for the property was deposited in court. On July 9, 1943, the court entered judgment on the declaration of taking, entering a decree vesting title in the United States and awarding...

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