Highland Park Inc. v. United States

This is a suit for just compensation for the alleged taking of plaintiff’s property resulting from the flight of heavy airplanes over its land.

In February 1951 McIntosh & Company, Inc., purchased a 7514-acre tract of land about a mile east of Hunter Field, an airport on the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, for the purpose of subdividing it for residential use. In December 1951 McIntosh & Company organized plaintiff corporation, to which it deeded the property in February 1952.

In 1950 the United States acquired Hunter Field from the City of Savannah for use as a military airfield. Before that…