United States v. 2,648.31 Acres of Land

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment awarding compensation in a proceeding for the condemnation of flowage easements over three certain tracts of land in connection with a flood control project, the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir on the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina. The trial judge held that the owners were entitled to recover the fee simple value of the several tracts, amounting to $58,-000, $9,000 and $10,000 respectively, and excluded testimony offered by the government tending to show that the decrease in the value of the several…