Murray D. Stringer and Nellie Hearon Stringer v. United States

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In this eminent domain case the United States appeals from the district court’s judgment in favor of the private property owners. We must reverse and remand.

Since 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Stringer, appellees herein, have owned and resided on property located adjacent to the south side of the Natchez Trace Parkway, a national parkway administered and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior. 16 U.S.C.A. § 460. In addition to their homesite, the Stringers own a fifteen-foot wide appurtenant easement between their property and the Parkway, which provides ingress into and…