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DEMETRIA SIFUENTES v. UNITED STATES

No. 4298.

168 F.2d 264 (1948)

DEMETRIA SIFUENTES et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 2, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Enrique Cordova Diaz, of San Juan, P. R. (J. Henri Brown, Walter L. Newsom, Jr. and Gabriel de la Haba, all of San Juan, on the brief), for appellants.

Elizabeth Dudley, of Washington, D. C. (A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., Philip F. Herrick, U. S. Atty., of San Juan, P. R. and Roger P. Marquis, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.

WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding compensation for certain lands and perpetual easements in lands in Puerto Rico condemned and taken by the United States for military purposes.

The appellants are a widow, her four daughters, and the husband of one of the latter who died subsequent to the trial in the District Court. Prior to the taking the widow and her four daughters jointly owned a substantial tract of agricultural land...

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