UNITED STATES v. 727.85 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN MARION, NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES

No. 81-2161.

690 F.2d 152 (1982)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. 727.85 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATE IN MARION, NEWTON AND SEARCY COUNTIES, STATE OF ARKANSAS and Medora Peters Brown, Medora Peters Brown, Rudolph Johnson, Joie Johnson, and unknown owners, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Hugh Park, Van Buren, Ark., for appellant.

Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., W. Asa Hutchinson, U. S. Atty., J. Michael Fitzhugh, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., Dirk D. Snel, David C. Shilton, Attys. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and MEREDITH, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal arises from the condemnation by the United States of approximately 320.46 acres of land in northern Arkansas for inclusion in the Buffalo National River. The matter was referred to a three-member commission for the taking of testimony and the making of recommended findings, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 71A(h). The landowners' two expert witnesses fixed the value of the land at $276,848 and $274,000, respectively, while the Government's expert testified...

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