UNITED STATES v. WATEREE POWER COMPANY

No. 6901.

220 F.2d 226 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. WATEREE POWER COMPANY and Millwood Company (Tracts Nos. N-1327, N-1328, R-1700, R-1701, R-1702 and R-1703), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., and John F. Cotter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

W. B. McGuire, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. (A. C. Todd, Greenville, S. C., and W.S. O'B. Robinson, Jr., Charlotte, N. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This condemnation proceeding was instituted by the United States on January 29, 1951 to acquire 1,530.11 acres of land in South Carolina belonging to Wateree Power Company and Millwood Company, subsidiaries of the Duke Power Company, for use in connection with the Clark Hill Dam and Reservoir Project on the Savannah River. An order of immediate possession was entered on January 30, 1951; and a declaration of taking and a deposit of $49,500 as...

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