United States v. 287.89 Acres of Land

MARSH, District Judge.

After non-jury trial and a view of the premises involved, the court makes the following:

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. On May 29, 1962, the United' States of America, the plaintiff, condemned, *465inter alia, a tract of land in Greenwood Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, known as Tract 504, containing 3.42 acres, reserving the underlying coal, clay and mining rights.1 This land was condemned in connection with the construction and establishment of the Curwensville Reservoir Project in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River Basin.

2. In 1927 Wendell P. Watts owned a 52.53-acre…