RICHARD v. UNITED STATES

No. 298-57.

282 F.2d 901 (1960)

L. L. RICHARD, Margaret K. Richard, Ida Ruth Richard, John F. Whitmore, R. E. Richard, Kenyon E. Richard, T/A Richard Company, a copartnership, v. UNITED STATES v. STONE CORRAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Third-party Defendant.

United States Court of Claims.

October 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newell A. Clapp, Washington, D. C., Erling H. Kloster, Visalia, Cal., and Robert M. Lichtman, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiffs.

Howard O. Sigmond, Washington, D. C., with whom was Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

John Locke, Visalia, Cal., for Stone Corral Irrigation District, third-party defendant. Paul J. Sedgwick, Washington, D. C., and Locke & Price, Visalia, Cal., were on the brief.


WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiffs are the owners of 71 acres of land planted in orange and lemon trees located in Tulare County, California, commonly referred to as the Stone Corral Orchard. They sue to recover just compensation for the alleged taking of this property for public use.

They claim that the defendant in the construction and operation of the Friant-Kern Canal, part of which runs, first to the east, and then...

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