UNITED STATES v. JORDAN

No. 10988.

186 F.2d 803 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. JORDAN et al.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Harrison, Washington, D. C. (A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, and Harold S. Harrison, Washington, D. C., John Brown, Edward N. Vaden, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

John D. Martin, Jr., Memphis, Tenn. (John D. Martin, Jr., John Costen, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief; Sam Costen, Memphis, Tenn., E. T. Palmer, Dyersburg, Tenn., James T. Haynes, and C. S. Carney, Jr., Ripley, Tenn., W. N. Beasley, Halls, Tenn., of counsel), for appellees.

Before SIMONS, McALLISTER and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The Unitel States appeals from a judgment which allowed the appellees separate recoveries for damages to timber located on tracts of land owned by them and used by the Army in connection with the operation of an air to ground gunnery range near Dyersburg, Tennessee.

On June 15, 1944, the United States instituted proceedings to condemn the temporary use of approximately 7,800 acres of land in...

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