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UNITED STATES v. 2,477.79 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 16980.

259 F.2d 23 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 2,477.79 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN BELL COUNTY, TEXAS, and Tom G. Bowles, Jr., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 29, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dudley, Roger P. Marquis, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John W. McDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty., Land Acquisition Sec., Waco, Tex., Russell B. Wine, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for appellant.

Wilford W. Naman, Naman, Howell & Smith, Waco, Tex., for appellees.

Before RIVES, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

The United States instituted a proceeding for the condemnation of sixteen parcels of land aggregating 2,477.79 acres, situate in Bell County, Texas. Several of these tracts were to be used for the establishment of Belton Dam and Reservoir in the Brazos River Basin. The other tracts were to be used for the expansion of Fort Hood. Three tracts taken in the condemnation were owned by Tom G. Bowles, Jr. The general layout of the Bowles land is shown...

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