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UNITED STATES v. FIVE PARCELS OF LAND

No. 12572.

180 F.2d 75 (1950)

UNITED STATES v. FIVE PARCELS OF LAND IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 16, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Cotter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Scott W. Key, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth Dudley, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Chas. W. Bell, Houston, Tex., Robert F. Campbell, Houston, Tex., W. N. Arnold, Jr., Houston, Tex., Fred Much, Houston Tex., Price Daniel, Atty. Gen. of Texas, and Ben H. Rice, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tex., for appellees.

Before McCORD and WALLER, Circuit Judges, and RICE, District Judge.

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The only question involved in this case is whether or not the landowners in condemnation proceedings by the United States are entitled to compensation for the increased value to the lands caused by dredging, filling, and leveling of same by the United States while the lands were under lease to it or its agents, prior to the institution of condemnation proceedings.

On February 15, and on April 15, 1941, the lands involved in this suit...

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