Danforth v. United States

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in condemnation proceedings brought by the United States to obtain flowage rights over certain tracts of land located in Mississippi and New Madrid Counties, Missouri, pursuant to the provisions* of the Mississippi River Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928, 45 Stat. 534, 33 U.S.C.A. § 702a et seq. The appellant, claiming ownership of 1,033.56 acres designated in the record as Tract No. 243, seeks to contest the award of $17,921.70 reported by the commissioners and confirmed by the district court as damages for the condemnation of a…