UNITED STATES v. 158.00 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

No. 76-2113.

562 F.2d 11 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. 158.00 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN CLAY COUNTY, State of Missouri. Eugene A. and Martha Jackson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Trimble, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Anne S. Almy, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., (argued), Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Bert C. Hurn, U. S. Atty. and David M. Proctor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., Edmund B. Clark, Washington, D. C., on briefs, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and DEVITT, Chief District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Eugene A. and Martha L. Jackson appeal from a judgment of the District Court fixing just compensation in a condemnation proceeding. On May 25, 1973, the United States took 158.00 acres of land belonging to the appellants for the Smithville Lake project. The land consisted of two parcels, Tract 113 and Tract 129, that were valued as separate units. The District Court appointed a commission to hear evidence on the issue of just compensation. Fed...

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