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UNITED STATES v. PLAYA DE FLOR LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO.

No. 11496.

160 F.2d 131 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. PLAYA DE FLOR LAND & IMPROVEMENT CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 24, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Claims Division, Dept. of Justice, Brice Toole, Principal Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and Daniel E. McGrath, U. S. Dist. Atty., of Ancon, Canal Zone, for appellant.

George R. Shields, of Washington, D. C., and Chauncey P. Fairman, of Cristobal, Canal Zone, for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This suit in the District Court of the Canal Zone was brought against the United States in the name of Playa de Flor Land and Improvement Company to fix the just compensation to be paid for the taking by executive order under Congressional authority of lands in the Canal Zone for purposes connected with the Panama Canal. The authority for the suit, and for this appeal from the award of a value of $164,490 in 1912, increased by interest to $491...

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