No. 14380

219 F.2d 357 E. S. McKENDRY and Pancho Barnes, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Appeals 1 and 2. No. 14380. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 31, 1955. Pancho Barnes, E. S. McKendry, Muroc, Cal., in pro. per. for appellants. Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Cotter, John C. Harrington, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Laughlin E. Waters, U.S. Atty., A. Weymann, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee. Before STEPHENS, FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges. JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge. 1 There are here pending two appeals from orders in connection with the condemnation of fee simple title to three hundred sixty acres of land in Kern County, California, which is owned by appellants. The declared purpose of the taking was that this realty would be used in the expansion of Edwards Air Force Base. On February 27, 1953, complaint in the action and declaration of taking were filed. 1 The estimated just compensation for the taking of this parcel, deposited concurrently in the registry of the court, was $205,000.00. An order vesting title in the United States pursuant to the filing of the declaration was entered March 2, 1953.…