Likins-Foster Monterey Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Likins-Foster Ord Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. United States

In this suit by the United States to condemn two Wherry housing projects at Fort Ord, California, the testimony as to value ranged from $650,000 to $3,880,-000. The jury returned a verdict of $1,-106,000 and judgment in that sum was entered. The two condemnees, jointly referred to herein as Likins-Foster, appealed.

This court thereafter remanded the cause to the district court for the purpose of permitting it to consider a motion, made by Likins-Foster, to vacate the .judgment and grant a new trial. The •district court denied the motion and Likins-Foster filed a second appeal. The two appeals have been consolidated for .argument and disposition in this court.

Appellant corporations were formed for the purpose of constructing and op■erating two housing projects at Fort Ord pursuant to the provisions of the Wherry Act of August 8, 1949, 63 Stat. 570 , 12 U.S.C.A. § 1748 . The projects, considered together, consist of six hundred -and fifteen residential buildings comprising one thousand dwelling units, with necessary streets, walks, carports, service buildings and sewage systems. ’The buildings are one-story structures •of pumice concrete construction with •concrete walls and…