Legal Opinion

William W. Chandler, Jr., Trustee-Conservator, J. Park Smith, Jr., and Edith M. Smith Malone, Land Tenants v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 17, 1967No. 8638_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Circuit Judge.

The appellee filed this condemnation suit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas to acquire land in connection with the Quivera National Wild Life Refuge in Stafford County, Kansas. The issue of just compensation was tried before a commission, appointed pursuant to Rule 71A(h), F.R.Civ.P., its report was approved and confirmed by the court and this appeal followed.

The procedural background is necessary for an understanding of the issues involved. The complaint here was filed on October 23, 1958, and the first Declaration of Taking on April 21, 1960.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Catlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. United States v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. United States v. MerzSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. C. M. Dow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Jacques J. Creppel v. The United States Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. United States v. 20.53 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Osborne County, Kansas, and City of Downs, State of Kansas, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
  3. Carl Roessler, Inc. v. IvesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
  4. United States v. D. W. Evans and Edith EvansCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
  5. Carl Thetford, Mamie Thetford, Charles Phelps, Irene Phelps and Sooner State Securities, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968

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