United States v. 293.530 Acres of Land

CHRISTENSON, District Judge.

This is a condemnation action in which are involved three classes of defendants: those personally served with summons, those known defendants who have been served by publication and those unknown defendants whose possible interest in the subject-matter of the suit has been subjected to the jurisdiction of the Court by publication of summons.

A number of defendants have defaulted. Before signing a proffered form of judgment, the question is whether I should require the filing by plaintiff of the affidavit referred to by Section 200 of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil…