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UNITED STATES v. 1,557.28 ACRES OF LAND IN OSAGE CTY., KAN.

No. 73-1334.

486 F.2d 445 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 1,557.28 ACRES OF LAND IN OSAGE COUNTY, KANSAS; and Wilbur C. Lewis et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence L. O'Brien, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Wallace H. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Roth, U. S. Atty., Roger K. Weatherby, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Carl Strass, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with him on the brief), for appellant.

John R. Hamilton, Topeka, Kan. (Ward D. Martin, Arthur L. Claussen, Donald D. Barry, John C. Frieden, and Wesley A. Weathers, of Crane, Martin, Claussen, Hamilton & Barry, Topeka, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellees, Russell L. Booth and Elsie M. Booth.

Before PHILLIPS, SETH and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

SETH, Circuit Judge.

This is a condemnation action. The United States appeals from the judgment and order of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas awarding compensation to appellees, Russell L. Booth and Elsie M. Booth, in the amount of $272,350.00 for farm land taken for a reservoir project. A representative of the Corps of Engineers negotiated an offer of sale which the Government sought to use to establish the value of the land. The District...

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