Carlock v. United States

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from an award of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a condemnation proceeding brought under the Act of March 1, 1929 (45 Stat. 1415 [40 USCA §§ 361-386]).

Without stopping to review the preliminary proceedings, the case was set down for trial on October 14, 1929. The property involved in this appeal is lot 802, square 256, improved by premises 408 Thirteenth Street Northwest, in the city of Washington. The appellant is the owner of an estate for years under a written lease. After the taking of the testimony and the charge of the court…