Ozella O. Montague v. Robert L. Kunzig

On 27 October 1942, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation requested the Attorney General of the United States to institute action to condemn the fee simple title to the Normandy Building, 1626 K Street, N.W., which was needed in connection with its expanding war activities. Executive Order 9217, dated 7 August 1942, authorized the Corporation to acquire property by condemnation.

The Attorney General filed a petition for condemnation of fee simple title to the property in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on 30 October 1942. That same day, the District Court issued…