Legal Opinion
Sponenbarger v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1939No. 11090PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Sponenbarger owns forty acres of land in Desha .County, Arkansas. August 11, 1934, she filed action in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, under the Tucker Act (28 U.S.C.A. § 41(20) for compensation for the alleged taking of her said property, claiming that its fair market value was reduced as a result of the establishment of Boeuf Floodway, which includes the land in question, under authority of the Mississippi River Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928 (33 U.S.C.A. § 702a et seq.). The destructive flood of 1927…
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