Miller v. United States

SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

This proceeding arises out of a land condemnation case wherein the United States condemned certain lands for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the Loyalhanna Creek Flood Control Dam in this District.

In the course of these proceedings, the United States acquired title by condemnation proceedings of approximately one hundred and four acres of land belonging to the estate of Wilbur P. Graff, of which land approximately fifty-six acres were underlaid with coal. The land so taken was a part of a larger tract of four hundred and ninety acres owned in fee by the…