Legal Opinion
United States v. 499.472 Acres of Land More or Less in Brazoria County, Texas, Freeport Minerals Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1983No. 81-2404PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the valuation of condemned property. In 1977 the government acquired 500 acres of land on the Bryan Mound Salt Dome, two and one-half miles southwest of Freeport, Texas. Freeport Minerals Company owned the surface interest; Dow Chemical Company owned an underlying lease from Freeport, pursuant to which it mined salt; and Henry Hamman and others owned title to the sulphur under the condemned land.
Shortly before trial in March 1981 in the district court, a severance was granted on the motion of Freeport and Dow, who have essentially joint…
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