United States v. Certain Lands

SWINFORD, District Judge.

The parties herein are seeking to establish their claim to an award by commissioners appointed by the Court on land condemned by the United States in the Mammoth Cave National Park.

There are three claimants: M. L. Char-let, who claims under a deed from Mrs. Violet Blair Janin, of date January 7, 1932; Berry and Mollie Davis, his wife, who claim under a deed from Ed Locke, of date May 16, 1927; and the heirs of Violet Blair Janin, whose claim is sought to be *53established by deeds executed in 1913, and also by prescriptive use.

The facts briefly are these: The land is in…