UNITED STATES v. PRETTYMAN

No. 5210.

142 F.2d 891 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. PRETTYMAN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

May 18, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Tazewell Taylor, of Norfolk, Va., for appellees.

Before SOPER, DOBIE, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.


NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an award in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the appellant, the United States, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, in April 1942, to acquire 68.7 acres of farm land and improvements owned by the appellees, C. J. Prettyman et al. The Government filed a declaration of taking and deposited $7,500 in the registry of the district court and took possession of the property...

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