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UNITED STATES v. 1,629.6 ACRES OF LAND, ETC., STATE OF DEL.

Civ. A. No. 3532.

335 F.Supp. 255 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 1,629.6 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN the COUNTY OF SUSSEX, STATE OF DELAWARE, the Island Farm, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

December 3, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. L. Peter Stone, U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Charles F. MacMullan and Harry W. McKee, Attys. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States of America.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., Ralph J. Luttrell, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for defendant, The Island Farm, Inc.

H. James Conaway, Jr., Jack B. Jacobs and Doris M. Toll, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., for defendant, Jennie H. J. Layton.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

The United States of America (Government) commenced this suit in eminent domain to condemn 1,629.6 acres of land in Sussex County. The initial complaint named as defendant The Island Farm, Inc. (Island Farm), and was subsequently amended to include as an additional defendant Jennie H. J. Layton (Layton).

Since the Government has possession of the land, the remaining consideration is to establish just compensation...

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