Legal Opinion
United States v. Katz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 1954No. 4808_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury awarding $121,500 as compensation for a 24.11 acre tract of land in Springfield, Massachusetts, which was condemned and taken by the United States for military purposes. The only question presented is whether the District Court erred in refusing to permit the government’s' expert witnesses on value to state on direct examination what they believed or understood to be the prices paid at about the time of the taking for comparable lands in the area. More specifically, the District…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Baetjer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944
- United States v. 5139.5 Acres of Land, in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, S. C., Tract No. D-308Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- National Bank of Commerce v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
3Cited by24 opinions
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- State v. OakleyTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Stewart v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- City of St. Louis v. VasquezSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
- United States v. Harold FeatherstonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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