Legal Opinion
St. Joe Paper Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1946No. 11528PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, Circuit Judge.
On May 8, 1941, the Secretary of War under authority of congressional acts,1 by filing a declaration of taking, condemned to public use 28,517.65 acres of land in Bay County, Florida, for the establishment of an Air Corps Flexible Gunnery School near Panama City, to be known as Tyndall Field. Appellants owned 23,357.95 acres of the total acreage condemned. The St. Joe Paper Company owned 11,954.39 acres; H. H. Wells owned 998.95 acres; and Harry E. Shiland owned 404.62 acres. Being dissatisfied with the compensation awarded by the jury, each separately appealed from the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Sharp v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States v. New River Collieries Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co. v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by26 opinions
- University Computing Co. v. Lykes-Youngstown Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Mrs. Fern W. Reuter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. 41 Cases, More or Less, Etc., Naremco, Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Percy Smith and Ella SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- C. A. Sammons, Individually and as Independent of the Estate of Rosine S. Sammons, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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