CERTAIN LAND IN CITY OF WASHINGTON, D. C. v. UNITED STATES

No. 19237.

355 F.2d 825 (1965)

CERTAIN LAND IN the CITY OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Spriggs, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, was on the brief, for appellee. Mr. S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER, Circuit Judge.


EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

In a suit to condemn the Houston Hotel in Washington as part of the site for a Federal Bureau of Investigation building, the United States on July 26, 1963 filed a declaration of taking and deposited in court the estimated amount of just compensation, $650,000. A jury awarded $700,000. The court confirmed this award, but by order of July 20, 1964 allowed the Government to deduct $16,500 as fair and equitable rent for the period from...

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