United States v. 1119.15 Acres of Land

LINDLEY, District Judge.

To whom is the compensation for certain land taken by the Government by eminent domain payable? On the one hand the Trustees of schools claim it; opposed to them are the heirs of the former owner who conveyed to the school authorities. In his deed the grantor conveyed the property in fee, adding, however, “it being absolutely understood that when said land ceases to be used for school purposes it is to revert to the above grantor, his heirs.” At the time the Government took the property, school was being conducted on the premises, in a school-house erected for that…