Danforth v. United States

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

On petition of the Government we granted a rehearing limited to the single *319question of whether a taking of the appellant’s property has resulted from the operations of the Government in carrying out the provisions of the Mississippi River Flood Control Act of May 15, 1928, 33 U. S.C.A. § 702a et seq., and if so the date upon which the taking occurred.

The argument, as originally presented, centered around the appellant’s contention that in the proceedings brought by the Government to condemn a flowage easement over his land the lower court was in error in refusing to…