UNITED STATES v. 91.69 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 9362.

334 F.2d 229 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 91.69 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN OCONEE COUNTY, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, and Excelsior Mills, Inc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, John C. Williams, U. S. Atty., and Robert O. DuPre, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellant.

Wm. L. Watkins, Anderson, S. C. (Watkins, Vandiver, Kirven & Long, Anderson, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge, and MICHIE, District Judge.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Condemnation proceedings were instituted by the United States to take in fee simple a certain tract of land in Oconee County, South Carolina, for the construction of the Hartwell Dam and Reservoir "for flood control and for other uses incident thereto." A sum equal to the estimated value of the fee was deposited in court at the time of the filing of the Declaration of Taking. Answers asserting title to the property affected were filed by the...

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