UNITED STATES v. LAND IN DRY BED OF ROSAMOND LAKE, CAL.

Nos. 16661-C, 16877-C, 17371-C, 17598-C.

143 F.Supp. 314 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. LAND IN DRY BED OF ROSAMOND LAKE, CAL., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

July 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin Waters, U. S. Atty., A. R. Early, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Irl D. Brett, Los Angeles, Cal., Frank Wickhem, Los Angeles, Cal., Earl E. Howard, Hollywood, Cal., Brott & Feldan, Los Angeles, Cal., Roger M. Sullivan, Los Angeles, Cal., for various defendants.


JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.

This action concerns parcels of land lying in the dry bed of Rosamond Lake, California, taken by the government through eminent domain. The ultimate issue is the fair market value of the land as of the date of taking.

In pretrial proceedings, the court required the government and the defendant landowners to state what they would contend at the trial, would be the highest and best use or uses to which the land was reasonably...

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