Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. Maupin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 15, 1942No. 7900PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EICHER, Chief Justice.
This is an action to establish an equitable lien on a fund in the Treasury of the United States. Appellee Maupin was part owner of a farm near the City of Portsmouth in Norfolk County, Virginia, known as the “Afton Farm” when on September 20, 1918, the property was taken for public use by the Secretary of Labor of the United States to provide housing accommodations for workers in the Portsmouth (Va.) Navy Yard. At the time of the taking the sum of $45,047.59 was paid to the owners. Later, the Court of Claims, in a just compensation proceeding, found the value of the…
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