CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 3608.

169 F.2d 641 (1948)

CHAPMAN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 8, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl A. Brown, of Ardmore, Okl. (John M. Poindexter, of Ardmore, Okl., on the brief), for appellants.

Curtis P. Harris, Sp. Atty., Department of Justice, of Oklahoma City, Okl. (A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John F. Cotter and George S. Swarth, Attys'. Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, HUXMAN, and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied November 8, 1948. See 69 S.Ct. 134.

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The only triable issue in this case is "just compensation" for agricultural lands taken by the Government for public purposes. We reversed for a new trial, United States v. Chapman, 10 Cir., 158 F.2d 417, and the landowner has appealed from a judgment on a jury verdict for $160,000, contending first that the trial court erred in limiting the...

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