(DOWNLOAD) "Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. United States." by United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. United States.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 26, 1938
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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This is an appeal from an order entered in an action at law in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at New Bern. On June 24, 1936, the United States, the appellee, here referred to as the petitioner, filed a petition in said court seeking to condemn a certain tract of land consisting of 1548.80 acres located in Craven County, North Carolina, of which tract the appellant Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, Inc., guardian of William A. Erwin, III, a minor, owned one-half and appellant J. Harper Erwin owned the other half. The appellants, here referred to as the respondents, filed a joint answer to the petition. Appraisers were appointed and on May 8, 1937, reported to the court below fixing the value of said tract of land at $8.50 per acre. Exceptions to this report were filed by the respondents and a request for findings was tendered to the court. The judge below overruled the exceptions to the report of the appraisers, refused the request for findings made by the respondents and entered an order condemning said tract of land.From this action of the court below this appeal was brought.