United States v. 2,095 Acres of Land

This matter came on for hearing as an appeal from the award of -the commissioners appointed to determine the fair rental value of lands taken by the United States Government and used for a period of twenty-two and one-half months.

Exercising its power of eminent domain, and under the specific authority of Acts of Congress, the United States Government, acting through the Secretary of the Army, condemned, for a term of years, 2,095 acres, located at the West End of St. Thomas, for use as a military reservation in connection with the San Jose project of the Chemical Corps of the Army. The 2,095…