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UNITED STATES v. CHAPMAN

No. 3289.

158 F.2d 417 (1946)

UNITED STATES v. CHAPMAN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Smith, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (David L. Bazelon, Curtis P. Harris, Roger P. Marquis and Kelsey Martin Mott, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Earl A. Brown, of Ardmore, Okl., for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, HUXMAN and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The United States condemned and took 3,591 acres of land in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, owned by Fred A. and Elise Chapman, for the Denison Dam and Reservoir on the Red River in Texas and Oklahoma. A trial to a jury resulted in a verdict in favor of the landowner in the sum of $228,000, as just compensation for the taking of the land. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, and the Government has appealed.

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