Preston v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Preston v. United States, 138 F.2d 510 (5th Cir. 1943)
1943 U.S. App. LEXIS 2561
Preston v. United States
Opinion of the Court
In several suits consolidated for trial the jury were to fix the just compensation for condemnation of three tracts of land and a turpentine lease on them. The jury at first returned a verdict fixing in one sum the total value. The Judge required them to separate the items and ‘ make separate verdicts. ' This was done without substantial change in the total. This separation was proper and not erroneous. We do not find the charge as a whole confusing, as is objected against it. No other errors in the trial are specified.
The judgment is affirmed.
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