Legal Opinion
Murdock v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1947No. 13407PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
On October 6, 1944, the United States commenced this condemnation proceeding to acquire title to 68,000 acres of land in Calhoun and Ouachita counties, Arkansas, for the site of a Naval Ordnance plant. An order granting immediate possession of the entire tract was filed on December 6, 1944, and judgment vesting title" in the United States was entered thereon.
On June 4, 1945, C. E. Murdock and the other individual appellants intervened in the proceeding claiming to be the owners of mineral rights in a part of the lands of the alleged value of $15 an acre and praying that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Sharp v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- United States v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- United States v. BuescherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Wiget v. BeckerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Slattery Company, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. 70.39 Acres of LandDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1958
- W. E. Stephens and Wife, Sunshine Stephens, Owners of Tract No. 5 v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Charles W. Anderson and Anita AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Certain PropertyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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