UNITED STATES v. PRIEST RAPIDS IRR. DIST.

No. 11704.

175 F.2d 524 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. PRIEST RAPIDS IRR. DIST. PRIEST RAPIDS IRR. DIST. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 21, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bernard H. Ramsey, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and John F. Cotter, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S. A.

Moulton & Powell, Kennewick, Wash., J. K. Cheadle, Spokane, Wash., for Priest Rapids Irr. Dist.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and HEALY and BONE, Circuit Judges.


BONE, Circuit Judge.

The United States, hereafter called the Government, sued to condemn all of the property of the Priest Rapids Irrigation District, a quasi-public corporation of the State of Washington, hereafter called the District. The lands sought to be taken were for a large project in aid of World War II. The Government paid into court the sum of $170,5001 on its declaration of taking the District's properties, as its estimate...

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