Clay King and Dorothy Lee King v. Grand River Dam Authority, a Public Corporation

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to condemn land for the Markham Ferry Dam and Reservoir Project in Oklahoma. Trial was to a jury and reversal is sought because of the alleged erroneous admission of evidence.

Appellee Grand River Dam Authority is a state instrumentality licensed by the Federal Power Commission. As such licensee it has the right to sue in the federal courts for the condemnation of project lands. 1 The jury fixed the damages sustained by the appellant landowners at $20,500.

Part of the property of the landowners, was not taken. The parties agree that in détermining…