Steve Winn and Edith Winn v. United States

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action to take certain property belonging to appellants, invoking jurisdiction under the Act of August 1, 1888, 25 Stat. 357, 40 U.S.C.A. § 257; the Act of February 26, 1931, 46 Stat. 1421, 40 U.S.C.A. § 258a-258e; and the “Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956,” 70 Stat. 374, which authorizes the acquisition of land or interests in land, including the control of access thereto from adjoining land, required for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any section of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.

Appellant Winn…