Legal Opinion
Screven v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 18, 1953No. 14573PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Brought under Section 1346, 28 U.S. C.A., the suit in two counts, No. 1 at Law and No. 2 in Equity, was for the value of lands claimed to have been taken by the United States in a condemnation proceeding to which plaintiffs were not parties and without compensation to plaintiffs therefor.
The law count, alleging the condemnation and taking of their land without compensation to them and that its value at the time of the taking was $7500, sought judgment for that sum.
The equity count alleged: that judgment had been entered in the condemnation suit valuing all the land…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Hurley v. KincaidSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Jones v. WattsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- United States v. a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land in Chatham CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by17 opinions
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