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UNITED STATES v. CATLIN

No. 10750.

204 F.2d 661 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. CATLIN et al.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 26, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. H. McRoberts and Henry Davis, St. Louis, Mo., George D. Burroughs, Edwardsville, Ill., Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., Burroughs, Simpson & Burroughs, Edwardsville, Ill., of counsel, for appellant.

James M. McInerney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Marks Alexander, U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., John F. Cotter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

MAJOR, Chief Judge.

This action was instituted by the United States of America on March 31, 1942, to condemn approximately 1,153 acres of land in Madison County, Illinois, adjacent to the Mississippi River. A Declaration of Taking was filed on November 12, 1942, vesting title in plaintiff. Settlements were made with all owners of the land condemned except the instant defendants who were and are trustees of a syndicate referred to as the "Cool Land Syndicate." Defendants...

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