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40 App. D.C. 260

Phillips v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 7, 1913

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · decided 1913-04-07

HeaRINg oil an appeal by tbe exceptant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District' of Columbia confirming the award of a commission appointed to condemn certain real estate for the use of the United States. The facts are stated in the opinion.

Relies on Seufferle v. Macfarland

Affirmed · Decided 1913-04-07

Hr. Justice YaN Orsdel

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court:

¶2This is an appeal from a judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia confirming the verdict of a jury in a condemnation proceeding instituted under the act of Congress of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. at L. 738, chap. 384).

¶3We have examined the evidence relating to the value of the property in question, and find no reversible error. The award is supported by sufficient evidence to justify the verdict, and, in the absence of any showing of prejudice or corruption on the part of the appraisers, there is nothing to bring the issues: of fact into review. Seufferle v. Macfarland, 28 App. D. C. 94, 101; Mills, Condemnation, 246.

¶4The questions of law presented are the same as were considered in Whitford v. United States, ante, 14. The opinion in that case, therefore, is controlling here.

¶5The judgment is affirmed with costs, and it is so ordered.

¶6Affirmed.

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