Hendricks v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This case came before the court on plaintiffs’ claim of taking without just compensation of the economic remainder of land encumbered with flowage easements purchased by the United States, acting through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The flowage easements permitted the Corps to occasionally flood plaintiffs’ land without incurring liability. Plaintiff, Randall Hendricks, a practicing attorney appearing pro se, and his wife purchased two tracts of land predominantly encumbered with flowage easements with the intent to use the land as a cattle stock…