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MURDOCK v. UNITED STATES

No. 13407.

160 F.2d 358 (1947)

MURDOCK et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

April 3, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. R. Wilson, of El Dorado, Ark. (John A. Sherrill, of Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellants.

Alvin O. West, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and John E. Harris, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (David L. Bazelon, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. S. Wilson, U. S. Atty., of Van Buren, Ark., and Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, THOMAS, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

On October 6, 1944, the United States commenced this condemnation proceeding to acquire title to 68,000 acres of land in Calhoun and Ouachita counties, Arkansas, for the site of a Naval Ordnance plant. An order granting immediate possession of the entire tract was filed on December 6, 1944, and judgment vesting title in the United States was entered thereon.

On June 4, 1945, C. E. Murdock and the other individual appellants intervened...

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