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UNITED STATES v. 2979.72 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 6839.

218 F.2d 524 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 2979.72 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN the COUNTY OF HALIFAX, VIRGINIA, Olive Vaughan Williams, et al., and unknown owners, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Harrison, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Strickler, U. S. Atty., John F. Cotter and S. Billingsley Hill, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Francis V. Lowden, Jr., and Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., Richmond, Va. (T. Justin Moore and Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellee Virginia Electric and Power Company.

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

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is another appeal in condemnation proceedings had in connection with the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir, a flood control project on the Roanoke River in Virgina and North Carolina. The Virginia Electric and Power Company held flowage easements over 1540 acres of land belonging to Mrs. Olive Vaughan Williams. The government filed a declaration of taking with respect to this land corresponding in all respects with the declaration of taking...

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