United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. Bailey

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is a contest over the value of three tracts of land, aggregating 190 acres, which were condemned by the United States under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act1 2for use in the Guntersville Dam & Reservoir project. The district court appointed three commissioners to determine the value of the land, from whose award the landowners appealed to the statutory three-judge district court. Both sides were aggrieved at the- award made by the court, and appealed to this court for a de novo determination of value.

The opinion evidence is in wide conflict, but the physical…