United States v. Greer Drainage Dist.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The appeal is from a decree distributing the just compensation paid into court on proceedings brought by the United States to condemn certain lands for flood control and navigation purposes. The facts as found by the district court are not disputed. The lands lie in Greer Drainage District, in Mississippi, which owed over $92,000 in bonds secured by drainage assessment liens on the lands. The entire assets of the District would pay not more than sixty percent of the bonds. Some of the lands were owned by the District and some by the State under tax sales. The latter wen *676t…