UNITED STATES v. 125.2 ACRES OF LAND

No. 83-1835.

732 F.2d 239 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. 125.2 ACRES OF LAND, More or Less, SITUATED IN the TOWN AND COUNTY OF NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, and Owners Unknown, Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Joan FISHER, Executrix of the Estate of Matthew L. Jaeckle, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. McElaney, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom R. Reed Baer, and Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Joseph J. McGovern, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for the United States of America.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Joan Fisher, executrix of the will of Matthew Jaeckle, from an award of compensation for land taken by the United States. The land in question is 26 acres in the Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts. On December 1, 1947, the United States filed a petition for condemnation in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pursuant to 40 U.S.C. § 258a for the purpose of establishing air navigation...

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