Legal Opinion
United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in Rapides Parish
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1945No. 11220PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a verdict and judgment in a condemnation proceeding 1 to procure lands for the construction of roadways in connection with Camp Beauregard. Conducted throughout with complete disregard of the rules of proof governing in such cases and almost without objection on the part of the United States, the resulting verdict was for $14,895, a sum demonstrably in excess of the fair market value of the property condemned. Some of the excess was urged out of the verdict by a remittitur of $1,500 required by the District Judge. Not satisfied with this, however,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Dimick v. SchiedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. PowelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sharp v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- McCandless v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Arkansas Valley Land & Cattle Co. v. MannSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Kinter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- United States v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- United States v. Percy Smith and Ella SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Cade v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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