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UNITED STATES v. 205.03 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Civ. A. Nos. 1137-1139 Erie.

251 F.Supp. 858 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 205.03 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN WARREN COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, and Clifford Halftown et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 266.13 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN WARREN COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, and James G. Pierce et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 268.17 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, Situate IN WARREN COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, and Norma Patterson et al., Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. McKenna, Robert E. Tucker, Asst. U. S. Attys., Pittsburgh, Pa., for the Government.

John H. Stewart, Warren, Pa., Benjamin C. Perreault, Salamanca, N. Y., John M. McLaughlin, Erie, Pa., Joseph Malizia, Emporium, Pa., Richard E. Brandow, Bradford, Pa., for the landowners.

WILLSON, District Judge.

These several tracts of land were condemned by the United States as needed in the construction of the Allegheny River Reservoir, commonly known as the Kinzua Dam. These lands are a portion of what is known as the Cornplanter Grant. The Indians owning these lands are members of the Seneca Nation but heirs of Cornplanter, a Seneca Chief during his lifetime. The lands were granted to Cornplanter by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in recognition...

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