PRATER v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-2527 Summary Calendar.

612 F.2d 157 (1980)

Frances C. PRATER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., Augusta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edmund A. Booth, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, REAVLEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Frances Prater, conveyed 59.45 acres of land in Lincoln County, Georgia, to the federal government in 1950. The government purchased the land, in connection with the Clark Hill Dam and Reservoir project, for $25.23 per acre. The complaint avers that the value of the property was substantially in excess of the purchase price, and that it was conveyed on an oral promise by Ethan Allen that so much of the property as lies above 335 feet and which...

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