U.S. v. 24.48 ACRES OF LAND

No. 86-1574.

812 F.2d 216 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 24.48 ACRES OF LAND, etc., et al., Defendants, and Mrs. R.S. (Cordie) LOYD, F. Marion Loyd, Tina Loyd, Harold N. Loyd, Clydell Loyd, Leatrice Loyd Skinner, Curtis Skinner, and Robert S. Loyd, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leatrice Loyd Skinner, Arlington, Tex., pro se.

Curtis Skinner, Arlington, Tex., pro se.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Loyd, Mansfield, Tex., pro se.

Mr. & Mrs. F. Marion Loyd, Euless, Tex., pro se.

Mr. & Mrs. Harold N. Loyd, Arlington, Tex., pro se.

Guy E. Wall, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Jacques B. Gelin, Appellate Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Wash., D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, REAVLEY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

The former owners of 24.48 acres of land in Tarrant County, Texas, collectively referred to as the Loyds, appeal the district court's approval of the Commission's condemnation award for their property. We find no error in the district court's ruling and, therefore, affirm.

In 1981 the United States condemned by the power of eminent domain the Loyd's land in connection with an Army flood project that is now the Joe Pool Reservoir. The United...

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