Legal Opinion
United States v. 2.74 Acres of Land in Williamson County
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided February 3, 1940No. Civ. No. 140PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHAM, District Judge.
This case is before the court upon defendants’ motion to dismiss the petition for condemnation filed by the United States of America by which it seeks to condemn four separate tracts of land totalling 2.74 acres, each of which tracts is now being used for cemetery purposes, and seeks an order for the removal of the bodies therefrom that the said land may be inundated by the waters of Crab Orchard Creek Reservoir. The petition is filed and condemnation sought under the provisions of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (hereinafter referred to as the…
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