Legal Opinion
Klugh v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1987No. Nos. 86-3536(L), 86-3537PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
In a previous appeal, we construed the will of W.K. Bradley of South Carolina who died in December 30, 1881 to determine the persons in whom the fee of his real property would ultimately vest. Klugh v. United States, 588 F.2d 45 (4 Cir.1978). We considered the question because certain of Bradley’s lineal descendants were claiming that their property interests in land previously owned by him were not validly acquired by the United States in several condemnation proceedings undertaken in 1936-39 pursuant to the Weeks Act, 16 U.S.C.
*297§§ 16 et seq. We held that under…
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