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UNITED STATES v. 8,968.06 ACRES OF LAND, ETC., TEXAS

Civ. A. No. 68-G-29.

318 F.Supp. 698 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 8,968.06 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS, Situated IN CHAMBERS AND LIBERTY COUNTIES, TEXAS, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

September 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Frank C. Cooksey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Dollie M. Smith and Robert M. McKee, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Harold R. DeMoss, Jr., and Patrick Oxford, of Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:

NOEL, District Judge.

This case involves a taking of land by the United States for the Wallisville Reservoir Project, which is dedicated in part to the improvement of navigation. The tract in controversy comprises almost 9,000 acres on the Trinity River, beginning approximately two and one-half miles from its mouth and extending about twelve miles upstream. Used for agriculture many years, the property is now bisected by an interstate...

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