United States v. 2979.72 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Halifax County, Virginia, Olive Vaughan Williams, and Unknown Owners

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is the second hearing of an appeal by the United States in condemnation proceedings had in connection with the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir, a flood control project on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginia Electric and Power Company was the owner of a flowage easement over 1540 acres of land belonging to Mrs. Olive Vaughan Williams, and the value of this easement was destroyed by the taking of flowage rights by the United States in the condemnation proceeding. We affirmed the judgment below which awarded compensation on the basis that the…