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GUERRERO-ZAPATA BRIDGE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 16685.

252 F.2d 116 (1958)

GUERRERO-ZAPATA BRIDGE COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lee Bobbitt, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., Bobbitt, Brite & Bobbitt, San Antonio, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Elizabeth Dudley, Washington, D. C., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Malcolm R. Wilkey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before RIVES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The question is whether for the taking of its bridge over the Rio Grande River, a toll bridge company is entitled to compensation on the basis of the land and improvements only or to the value of its franchise also. The Act of Congress authorizing the construction and operation of the bridge, approved March 29, 1928, 45 Stat. 387, expressly reserved "the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act." The Bridge was inundated as the result of construction...

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