United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Bennett

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is a condemnation proceeding in which the plaintiff is taking a tract of land in fee simple and a flowage easement over a second tract, both incident to the construction iby the Tennessee Valley Authority of Boone Dam on the South Fork of the Hols-ton River. Complaint and declaration of taking have been filed, an order of possession has been entered, and commissioners have been appointed to determine the compensation to which the landowners are entitled for the property and rights taken. Following denial by the Court of motions by the property owners for…