United States v. 2,001.10 Acres of Land

ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

ORDER

The question before the court is whether the discovery of the opinion of experts will be allowed in a land condemnation case. The court will require answers to more of the interrogatories propounded to plaintiff, the United States, not at this time, but at a time ten days before the trial of the case, for reasons set out below.

To say that the only issue in a land condemnation case is the value to be paid for the taking, is an over-simplification. In a very real sense, many issues are presented for decision by the jury. For example, the highest and…