Atlantic Seaboard Corporation, a Corporation v. Madeleine Kneppelhout Van Sterkenburg and Cornelis Kneppelhout Van Sterkenburg, Her Husband

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Without questioning the condemnor’s right to condemn or the amount of the award as determined by the District Court, the condemnees have appealed, raising a number of procedural points in the apparent hope of obtaining a new trial before a jury and, possibly, damages for trespass on account of the condemnor’s acts upon the land during the pendency of this appeal. We find no merit in any of the several points raised.

Atlantic Seaboard Corporation is a Delaware Corporation and, within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act, 1 is a “natural-gas company” engaged in the…