Legal Opinion
United States v. Playa De Flor Land & Improvement Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1947No. 11496PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
This suit in the District Court of the Canal Zone was brought against the United States in the name of Playa de Flor Land and Improvement Company to fix the just compensation to be paid for the taking by executive order under Congressional authority of lands in the Canal Zone for purposes connected with the Panama Canal. The authority for the suit, and for this appeal from the award of a value of $164,490 in 1912, increased by interest to $491,002, is Private Act No. 165, 48 Stat. p. 1361, approved May 21, 1934, which reads: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…
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