UNITED STATES v. 25.936 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 8819.

153 F.2d 277 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. 25.936 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BOROUGH OF EDGEWATER, BERGEN COUNTY, N. J., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilma C. Martin, of Washington, D. C. (J. Edward Williams, Acting Head, Lands Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., Fred W. Devoe, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Attorneys, Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Milton T. Lasher, of Hackensack, N. J., for Borough of Edgewater.

Parker McCollester, of New York City (Frank H. Hall, Sidney S. Coggan, and Lord, Day & Lord, all of New York City, on the brief), for Corn Products Refining Co.

Before BIGGS, MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and KALODNER, District Judge.


BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

On May 2, 1942 the United States condemned and took in fee simple absolute, certain easements excepted, lands in the Borough of Edgewater, Bergen County, New Jersey, belonging to Corn Products Refining Company. See the Act of February 26, 1931, c. 307, 46 Stat. 1421-1422, 40 U.S.C.A. § § 258a-258e. The United States deposited1 in the court below a sum of money as "just compensation" for the lands taken as...

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