United States v. Wallace

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

On June 28, 1951, the United States brought this action to condemn an 80 acre tract of land situated in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, about nine miles northeasterly of the town of Cherokee.

Following the Oklahoma state procedure, which was applicable at the time, the court, on July 19, 1951, appointed Clarence Bassett, Carl Dunnington and J. Robert Reneau, all residents of Cherokee, as commissioners to appraise and fix the value of the land *66and to determine the amount of compensation to which the owners were entitled. On July 24, 1951, the -court entered an order adjudging…