Johnson & Wimsatt, Inc. v. Reichel-Derfer

HITZ, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the acquisition of a school site.

The land to be taken is all of squares numbered 415 and 439 in the southern part of the city of Washington near the Potomac river.

The appellant here was a respondent be- • low, as owner of all of square 415, and nearly one-half of square 439, holding lots 4, 6, 7, 8, and 803, in square 439.

This property was improved by a small office building; certain fences;…