U.S. v. HATO REY BLDG. CO., INC.

No. 87-1671.

886 F.2d 448 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. HATO REY BUILDING COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hiram Martinez López with whom Edda Ivette Rodriguez, San Juan, and Hiram Martinez López Law Offices were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Sarah P. Robinson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Donald A. Carr, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel F. López-Romo, U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., Fidel A. Sevillano Del Rio, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Dirk D. Snel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals a judgment of the district court which quieted title to a parcel of land in favor of plaintiff, the United States. Although the facts are set out fully in the district court's opinion, 660 F.Supp. 1340 (D.P.R.1987), we will restate those that are relevant to this appeal.

In the late 1930s the United States Department of Agriculture ("the Department") decided to acquire certain...

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