U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1943

Preston v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided October 18, 1943

138 F.2d 510; 1943 U.S. App. LEXIS 2561 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

John A. Smith, of Talbotton, Ga., for appellant., Fred W. Smith and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Att'ys., Dept, of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., T. Hoyt Davis, U. S. Atty., of Macon, Ga., A. Edward Smith, Sp. Atty., Dept, of Justice, of Columbus, Ga., and. H. G. Rawls, Sp. Atty., Dept, of Justice, of Albany, Ga., for appellee.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

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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