The following excerpt is from Century Investment Corporation v. United States, 277 F.2d 247 (9th Cir. 1960):
The government obtained the right of occupancy of this land when it filed a declaration of taking in the condemnation proceeding and deposited the estimated compensation. See United States v. Dow, 357 U.S. 17, 21-22, 78 S.Ct. 1039, 2 L.Ed.2d 1109. Under the decree the government was given the option to renew its exclusive use from year to year during all of the period here in question by filing timely notice of its intention to renew such use. This it did.
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