Brett v. United States

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

I concur in the result.

The United States brought this condemnation proceeding under the Acts of August; 1, 1888, c. 728, 25 Stat. 357 (40 U. S.C.A. §§ 257, 258); February 26, 1931, c. *309307, 46 Stat. 1421 (40 U.S.C.A. §§ 258a-258e); and June 16, 1933, c. 90, § 203 (a), 48 Stat. 202, 40 U.S.C.A. §'403 (a), to determine the amount of compensation which should be paid for certain lands of appellants, which were taken for public use in the construction of Grand Coulee Dam in the Columbia river, in the Eastern District of Washington. There was a jury trial, resulting in a…