Legal Opinion
United States v. Cleveland Smith, as to Tract Q-1744
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1962No. 18885PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, United States of America, acting through the Secretary of the Army, issued its declaration of taking dated December 21, 1956, and filed its complaint on December 28, 1956 to acquire fee simple title to a number of tracts of land for public use in connection with the establishment of the Buford Dam and Reservoir Project, Georgia. One of these tracts of land was approximately sixty acres taken from a rectangular tract of approximately one hundred acres in Hall and Lumpkin Counties, Georgia, the property of the appellee, Cleveland Smith. The action, known as…
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