Legal Opinion
Scott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1944No. 10997PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appeal is from a judgment on a jury verdict fixing just compensation for 173.7 acres of land' taken on Aug. 24, 1942, to enlarge Camp Bowie which lay 2j4 miles south of Brownwood, Texas. The errors specified are in respect to rulings on evidence and charges of the court which it is now contended wrongly excluded as an element of value that due to the proximity of the Camp before its enlargement.
The land was farm or ranch land across a paved highway leading to Brownwood when the Camp was first established in November, 1940. Appellants bought it in January, 1941, to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Tigertail Quarries, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
3Cited by12 opinions
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- United States v. 2,353.28 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in the Counties of Brevard and Volusia, State of Florida, and Lucille M. BairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- John L. Roper Lumber Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
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