Court: No payback for Ky. land used for WWII camp
Former western Kentucky landowners and their families are not entitled to compensation for their property the U.S. government used to build a military camp at the start of World War II, a federal court said in 2-1 ruling Wednesday, ending a 15-year legal battle in the case.
Landowners and their families claim the government promised to sell back farmland used to build Camp Breckinridge near Henderson after the war in the 1940s. Instead, the government sold it and the mineral rights without paying them. The federal government asked the court to deny the claim, saying the time to seek compensation had long passed.
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Landowners and their families claim the government promised to sell back farmland used to build Camp Breckinridge near Henderson after the war in the 1940s. Instead, the government sold it and the mineral rights without paying them. The federal government asked the court to deny the claim, saying the time to seek compensation had long passed.