[DOWNLOAD] "United States v. Smith" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Smith
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 01, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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MARIS, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment entered by the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in a suit brought by the Government to condemn certain lands in Wilcox County, Alabama, in connection with the establishment of the Millers Ferry Lock and Dam on the Alabama River and for the ascertainment of just compensation for the taking. We are here concerned only with a tract of 92.60 acres, designated as tract 104, for which the sum of $12,500 was deposited in court as estimated compensation. The issue of just compensation was tried to a jury which returned a verdict in the amount of $25,000 upon which judgment was entered. The Government filed motions for a new trial, or, in the alternative, for the remittitur of $9,500, which would have reduced the award to $15,500. Both motions were denied. This appeal followed.