Case Name: PRESTON v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1943-10-18
Citations: 138 F.2d 510
Docket Number: No. 10576
Parties: PRESTON v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 138
Pages: 510–511

Head Matter:
PRESTON v. UNITED STATES.
No. 10576.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 18, 1943.
John A. Smith, of Talbotton, Ga., for appellant.
Fred W. Smith and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Att'ys., Dept, of Justice, both of Wash ington, 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.
Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
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.