Cooper v. United States

OPINION

WHITE, Senior Judge.

The complaint in this case alleges in the first paragraph that the purpose of the action is “to recover damages because the defendant, United States of America, has destroyed private property for public use without paying just compensation in violation of the United States Constitution Amendment Five.”

It is explained later in the complaint that the private property allegedly destroyed consisted of timber located on a 467-acre farm in Itawamba County, Mississippi, the legal description of which is all that portion of Section 11, Township 8 North, Range 8 East, which…