1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 307 F.2d
  5. 307 F.2d 49 (1962)
 

UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 18885.

307 F.2d 49 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Cleveland SMITH, Claimant as to Tract Q-1744, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Robert S. Griswold, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Charles D. Read, Jr., U. S. Atty., Slaton Clemmons, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., W. B. West, III, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for appellant.

Herbert Edmondson, Jeff C. Wayne, Gainesville, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, United States of America, acting through the Secretary of the Army, issued its declaration of taking dated December 21, 1956, and filed its complaint on December 28, 1956 to acquire fee simple title to a number of tracts of land for public use in connection with the establishment of the Buford Dam and Reservoir Project, Georgia. One of these tracts of land was approximately sixty acres taken from a rectangular tract of approximately...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases