16 U.S.C. § 517
Title to lands to be acquired
The Secretary of Agriculture may do all things necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the lands to be acquired under this Act, but no payment shall be made for any such lands until the title shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General or his designee and shall be vested in the United States.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1938–1978 · leading case: Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. United States, 98 F.2d 609 (4th Cir. 1938).
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. United States, 98 F.2d 609 (4th Cir. 1938). “961 , 962, 16 U.S.C.A. § 517 ). It is plain that the time limit of twelve months in the option and in the court order approving it referred to the time within which the United States should elect to exercise the option and not to the time within which the transaction was to be…”
Klugh v. United States, 588 F.2d 45 (4th Cir. 1978). “§ 2409a(f) bars suit since more than twelve years have elapsed since 1939, the date of the last taking.”
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