Legal Opinion
Buena Vista Homes, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1960No. 6201_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought action to condemn a Wherry Act housing project and commissioners awarded $385,000 as just compensation to appellant, Buena Vista Homes, Inc. The appeal is from the judgment on that award. The issues relate to the instructions, the proper method of handling a reserve fund in determining value, and the adequacy of the award.
With the objective of providing low-cost military housing, built by private enterprise through the medium of Government-insured mortgages, Congress passed the Wherry Act of August 8, 1949. 1 Inducements to private…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. WaymireCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. Benning Housing Corporation, and Unknown OwnersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- W. E. Stephens and Wife, Sunshine Stephens, Owners of Tract No. 5 v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Hopkins v. McClureCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
- Loftus v. MasonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
3Cited by36 opinions
- Rasmussen Drilling, Inc., a Colorado Corporation Licensed to Do Business in Wyoming v. Kerr-Mcgee Nuclear Corporation and Kerr-Mcgee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
- Patrick v. SedwickAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- Wendell S. Wilson and Mary Ellen R. Wilson, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Leavell & Ponder, Inc., and Morgan Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- James C. Dixson, and Cross-Appellant v. Newsweek, Inc., and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
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