United States v. Moulton & Powell Moulton & Powell v. United States

Following the decision of this court in United States v. Priest Rapids Irr. Dist., 9 Cir., 175 F.2d 524 , and pursuant to the mandate, the district court entered a modified judgment in that condemnation proceeding. The sum fixed in the judgment represented the balance of the compensation awarded. The judgment provided: “It is Further Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that said deficiency judgment of $302,856.-00, together with interest as above ordered, and the whole thereof, shall be paid into this Court and remain subject to the orders of this Court until such time as this Court shall order the payment of the balance of the same to the Superior Court of the State of Washington, in and for Benton County, for the use and benefit of the Priest Rapids Irrigation District in liquidation proceedings to be maintained in said Superior Court, and It is further Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that title to the hereinabove described interests in the above described properties be and the same is hereby vested in the United States of America, petitioner herein, as to the irrigation properties as of April 1, 1943, and as to the-power properties as of October 1, 1943, which said title is free and…