Lyons v. United States

MARSH, District Judge.

This is an eminent domain case. . An Associate Judge of this court sent the jury to view the premises involved and the case was assigned to this court for trial. The jury returned a verdict of $15,000 in favor of the plaintiffs. In my opinion, the verdict is clearly excessive and should be reduced.1

The factual situation considered in a light most favorable to the plaintiffs is as follows. Plaintiffs are two elderly maiden ladies whose ancestors have owned the farm involved since revolutionary days. The property is situáted in Indiana County about one mile from Saltsburg,…