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UNITED STATES v. 2,648.31 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 6833.

218 F.2d 518 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 2,648.31 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN THE COUNTIES OF CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX, VIRGINIA, J. P. Stevens and Company, Inc., et al., and unknown owners, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Smith, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Strickler, U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., and Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

James S. Easley, South Boston, Va. (Easley, Edmunds & Vaughan, South Boston, Va., on brief), for appellees.

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

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment awarding compensation in a proceeding for the condemnation of flowage easements over three certain tracts of land in connection with a flood control project, the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina. The trial judge held that the owners were entitled to recover the fee simple value of the several tracts, amounting to $58,000, $9,000 and $10,000...

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