U.S. v. 215.7 ACRES OF LAND IN KENT COUNTY, DEL.

Civ. A. No. 87-173-JLL.

719 F.Supp. 273 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 215.7 ACRES OF LAND, MORE or LESS, situate in KENT COUNTY, STATE of DELAWARE, and Francis Bergold and Margaret Bergold, Husband and Wife, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Carpenter, Jr., U.S. Atty., and Kent A. Jordan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff.

Clark W. Furlow and Anne Bookout Horgan of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, Del., and Dennis J. Riley, Joseph A. Artabane and Lisa Smith Sanders of Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of the condemnation by the United States (the "Government") of property near Dover, Delaware, for expansion of the Dover Air Force Base.1 At issue is some 217.5 acres of property which was owned by Francis and Margaret Bergold. The Bergolds lived on part of the property for some thirty-five years, and operated it as a farm. They...

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