Arthur J. Fulcher, Jr. v. United States

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The single issue presented in this appeal is the validity of the United States’ title to property taken in a condemnation proceeding, where no actual notice of the proceedings was sent to the property’s owner although his identity could have been discovered by a diligent title search. We hold that title passes when the government has properly invoked the in rem jurisdiction of *296the condemnation court, and that no action can thereafter be maintained under 28 U.S.C. § 2409a to question that title.

Arthur J. Fulcher brought this action under § 2409a claiming present title…