UNITED STATES v. 25.406 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 5830.

172 F.2d 990 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. 25.406 ACRES OF LAND, etc., IN ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

February 21, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Carter Whitehead, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., and Ralph J. Luttrell, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., George R. Humrickhouse, U.S. Atty., of Richmond, Va., and N. Antilotti Smith and D. Murnan Smith, Attys., Dept. of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Francis M. Shea, of Washington, D. C. (Warner W. Gardner, of Washington, D. C., Gardner L. Boothe, of Alexandria, Va., and Harry R. Thomas, of Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment fixing compensation in a condemnation suit. The property involved is 25.406 acres of land, referred to as the Nevius tract, lying just across the Potomac River from Washington, opposite the Lincoln Memorial and near the terminus of the Memorial Bridge in Arlington County, Virginia. In June 1947, this property was taken as the site of a hospital for the Veterans Administration and the sum of...

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