Redman v. United States

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

In January, 1942, the appellee, United States of America, herein referred to as the Government, filed a petition in the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore, for the condemnation of certain waterfront property on Key Highway in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. With the petition a declaration of taking was filed and the usual orders were made declaring that the Government had obtained title and the right to possession as of the date of the filing of the petition.

The Government proceeded under 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 257, 258a to §58e.…