Eaddy v. United States

Plaintiff sues to recover damages for injuries done to her property and for other losses suffered by her in connection with a lease of some of her land to the Government.

Early in 1943 the Army’s Corps of Engineers selected a site in Sumter County, Florida, for an airfield. Lands were leased from several owners, including plaintiff, and the airfield was constructed during the summer of 1943.

The officer who negotiated with plaintiff obtained from her a signed entry permit in April 1943, covering 105 of her 250 acres. The formal lease was executed six months later, in October, and was for a term…