UNITED STATES v. 1,516.90 ACRES OF LAND, ETC., STATE OF TENN.

No. 18105.

405 F.2d 913 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 1,516.90 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate in STEWART COUNTY, STATE OF TENNESSEE, and Cecil Boren, et al., Tract No. 7307 — Billy Preston Keatts, et ux., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond N. Zagone, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Harold S. Harrison, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Gilbert Merritt, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert E. Lee, Asst. U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellant.

Lewis S. Pope, Nashville, Tenn., James C. Cunningham, Clarksville, Tenn., on brief, for appellees.

Before EDWARDS, McCREE, and COMBS, Circuit Judges.


COMBS, Circuit Judge.

In January, 1962, the United States filed proceedings to condemn interests in 1,516.90 acres of land for use in the Barkley Dam and Barkley Lake Project.1 Included in this tract were some 140 acres of Billy Preston Keatts' 188-acre farm in Stewart County, Tennessee. The District Court appointed a three-member commission to try the issue of just compensation to the landowner...

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