United States v. 0.28 Acres of Land

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, Chief Judge.

In this condemnation action by the United States, I am called upon to determine if a lessee continues to have an interest in the property condemned, or whether such interest was forfeited by a failure to pay rent. Based on the record, I find that the lessee has no compensable interest in the property.

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The United States, acting by the Secretary of the Army, has condemned the real property that is the subject of this case in connection with the Army Corps of Engineers’ Grundy, Virginia, Nonstructural Flood Control Project. The property, taken by declaration…