GEORGIA KAOLIN CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 14592.

214 F.2d 284 (1954)

GEORGIA KAOLIN CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. D. Russell, Macon, Ga., Walter J. Blenko, Pittsburgh, Pa., John B. Harris, John B. Harris, Jr., Macon, Ga., for appellant.

Roger P. Marquis, Attys., D. of J., Fred W. Smith, Washington, D. C., J. Edward Williams, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack J. Gautier, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Perry W. Norton, Asst Atty. Gen., Frank O. Evans, U. S. Atty Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before HOLMES and STRUM, Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, District Judge.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is an action against the United States for damages that resulted to appellant's lands while occupied by the Government and used as a part of Camp Wheeler in Twiggs County, Georgia, which camp was utilized in the training of soldiers during World War II. The jurisdiction of the court below rested upon a special jurisdictional act of June 19, 1948, 62 Stat. 566. The jurisdiction of this court rests upon Section 1291, Title 28 of the U.S.Code...

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