William P. Hooten v. United States of America

This is another case arising out of land condemnations by the United States in furtherance of the Chamizal Settlement with Mexico. 1 William P. Hooten, the appellant, alleged in his complaint that he was the owner of the Lee Newman Agency, which counted among its assets certain contracts with the owners of four tenement properties in the Chamizal tract. Under these management contracts the agency was to collect the rents and retain a portion thereof as commissions. The United States condemned the four tenement properties and, as an incidental consequence of such taking, the agency’s contracts…