United States v. Land in Dry Bed of Rosamond Lake, Cal.

JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.

This action concerns pai'cels of land lying in the dry bed of Rosamond Lake, California, taken by the government through eminent domain. The ultimate issue is the fair market value of the land as of the date of taking.

In pretrial proceedings, the court required the government and the defendant landownex’s to state what they would contend at the trial, would be the highest and best use or uses to which the land was reasonably suited or adapted; and required there be submitted en camera to the court for inspection, the value which the respective experts would…