Legal Opinion
United States v. 936.71 Acres of Land
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1969No. 27172PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The United States has condemned certain lands in Brevard County, Florida for use in connection with the Space Program. This suit resulted from a dispute over rights to the condemnation proceeds. The intervenor, Sarah Walker, contends that the right to redeem land willed to her by her husband, but taken by the State for non-payment of taxes, did not end when the State auctioned the land, since the auction was procedurally faulty. She contends also that part of the land platted as streets never passed to the State in the first place. The district court held against Mrs.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- Celanese Corp. Of America v. John Clark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- American Fidelity & Casualty Co., Inc. v. All American Bus Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Reed v. FainSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
- Florida Southern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
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- Keesecker v. BirdWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
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