Legal Opinion
United States v. 176.2 Acres of Land
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided December 31, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 3735; No. 3735PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.
May 20th, 1952, the Government instituted this condemnation proceeding against certain property owned by defendants located in Bossier Parish immediately. adjacent to Barksdale Air Force Base. A deposit in the amount of $76,800 was made into the registry of the Court, as the Government’s estimate of the fair value of the land, in accordance with the provisions of 40 U.S.C. § 258(a).
The landowners, dissatisfied not only with the amount deposited, but in a sincere effort to regain possession of the property, refused to take the money thus tendered and attempted…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. Certain Land in City of St. Louis, Mo.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1941
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. 319.46 Acres of Land More or Less Situate in Cotton & Jefferson CountiesDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1981
- United States v. An Easement and Right-of-Way Over 6.66 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Oktibbeha County, MississippiDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 2020