UNITED STATES v. BRUMFIELD

No. 21773.

354 F.2d 882 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America upon the relation and for the Use of the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Charles BRUMFIELD et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. McCarthy, Gen. Counsel, T.V.A., Thomas A. Pedersen, Beauchamp E. Brogan, Attys., T.V.A., Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant.

Wm. G. Burgin, Jr., Hunter M. Gholson, Columbus, Miss., for appellees.

Before JONES and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and SLOAN, Senior District Judge.


SLOAN, Senior District Judge:

On October 12, 1960, by the filing of a Declaration of Taking accompanied by a deposit of $550.00 as the government's estimate of just compensation, the United States, through its agency Tennessee Valley Authority (hereinafter referred to as "TVA"), took an easement for right-of-way for an electric power line 150 feet wide and 2,539 feet long and containing 8.74 acres across a farm of 100 acres in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The issue...

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