U.S. v. 79.20 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS

No. 82-1859.

710 F.2d 1352 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. 79.20 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SITUATED IN STODDARD COUNTY, MISSOURI; Ladell Norman, et al.; and unknown owners (Tract No. 130), Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Thomas E. Dittmeier, U.S. Atty., Edwin B. Brzezinski, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., Jacques B. Gelin, Kathleen P. Dewey, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Kenneth L. Dement, Sikeston, Mo., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BENNETT, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from a judgment awarding Boyd and Evelyn Crowell $29,900 as just compensation for the fee-simple taking of their 11.8-acre tract of land. The government contends that the trial court erred when (1) it excluded evidence of the value of the government's easement on the land and admitted an appraisal which disregarded the easement; (2) it allowed the landowners' expert witness...

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