UNITED STATES v. 2,049.85 ACRES OF LAND

No. 87.

45 F.Supp. 731 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. 2,049.85 ACRES OF LAND.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Corpus Christi Division.

May 23, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Wilson, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., of Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff.

B. D. Tarlton, of Corpus Christi, Tex., Frank T. Morrill, of Beeville, Tex., Ben F. Vaughan, Jr., of Corpus Christi, Tex., Dougherty & Dougherty, of Beeville, Tex., and Felix A. Raymer, E. E. Townes, and R. E. Seagler, all of Houston, Tex., for land owners.


KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a suit filed June 25, 1940, by the Government of the United States to take for the public use (Navy) 2,049.85 acres of land in this District and Division. The jurisdiction is under Section 257, Title 40 U.S.C.A. On July 5, 1940, a Declaration of Taking under the Act of February 26, 1931, Sections 258a to 258e, Title 40 U.S.C.A., was filed, and the estimated compensation for the land to be taken deposited in Court. On July 5, 1940...

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