LEEAYE, INC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVELOP. LAND AG.

No. 16372.

296 F.2d 438 (1961)

LEEAYE, INC., and Dominic F. Antonelli, Jr., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVELOPMENT LAND AGENCY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Sexton, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Miss Elizabeth Dudley, Attorney, Department of Justice, of the bar of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark, and Mr. Roger P. Marquis, Attorney, Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. George S. Swarth, Attorney, Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

The District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency1 by eminent domain took three adjoining parcels of land for which the jury awarded $42,500 as just compensation, calculated at $4 per square foot. The appellants, as owners, offered the testimony of their experts that the land was worth $52,930, calculated at $5 per square foot. The expert opinion of the witnesses rested in part upon sales, evidence as to which...

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