SCREVEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 14573.

207 F.2d 740 (1953)

SCREVEN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Maner, Jr., Stephens & Gignilliat, Savannah, Ga., for appellants.

Edmund B. Clark, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Roger P. Marquis, Atty. Dept. of Justice, J. Edward Williams, Act. Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Saxton Daniel, U. S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., W. Reeves Lewis, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH, Circuit Judge.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought under Section 1346, 28 U.S. C.A., the suit in two counts, No. 1 at Law and No. 2 in Equity, was for the value of lands claimed to have been taken by the United States in a condemnation proceeding to which plaintiffs were not parties and without compensation to plaintiffs therefor.

The law count, alleging the condemnation and taking of their land without compensation to them and that its value at the time of the taking was $7500...

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