Legal Opinion
United States v. 2,877.37 Acres of Land
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided November 18, 1943No. Civil Action No. 687PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNERLY, District Judge.
This is a suit by the Government of the United States of America to take for the public use approximately 2,877.37 acres of land located in Harris County west of the City of Houston, in this District and Division,1 and a hearing on a motion by the Government to set aside the verdict of a jury finding the value of Tracts 46, 48, 49 and 55, aggregating 1,041.1 acres (without the minerals therein), and finding damages to tracts of the owners not taken, aggregating 384.7 acres, and to set aside the judgment entered on the Verdict, and for a New Trial.
The suit was filed…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- State v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Jacobs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. 14.38 Acres of Land, More or Less Situated in Leflore County, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. 5139.5 Acres of Land, in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, S. C., Tract No. D-308Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Casey v. Phillips Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1967
- Brill v. MushinskyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- United States v. 4.105 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.District Court, N.D. California · 1946
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