UNITED STATES v. 1040.30 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 5080.

144 F.Supp. 199 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. 1040.30 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN CALCASIEU PARISH, State of LOUISIANA, and Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, et al., and Unknown Owners.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

August 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., Edmund E. Woodley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for the Government.

S. W. Plauche, Jr., W. P. Hardeman, Lake Charles, La., for defendants.


HUNTER, District Judge.

This is a condemnation proceeding brought by the United States for the purpose of condemning 1040.30 acres of land for use in connection with the Lake Charles Air Force Base in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The condemned land belonged to Stanolind and was taken on July 1, 1955.

After a full and complete trial during which both sides had an opportunity to develop all relevant facts, the jury, after an obviously painstaking consideration...

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