UNITED STATES v. MILLS

No. 15530.

237 F.2d 401 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Lonnie MILLS and Bernice Mills, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles W. Atkinson, U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., and John C. Harrington, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were with him on the brief), for appellant.

Robert J. White, Russellville, Ark. (Blair & Blair, Paris, Ark., were with him on the brief), for appellees.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and WHITTAKER, Circuit Judges.


WHITTAKER, Circuit Judge.

The Government contends on its appeal in this condemnation case that the District Court committed prejudicial error in rejecting its proffered evidence bearing upon the proper measure of just compensation, and in submitting an improper measure to the jury.

The questions arose out of these facts and in this way. Appellees owned a 118-acre farm in a bend of, and having a frontage of about 4,300 feet along the south bank of, the Arkansas...

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