Legal Opinion
Miller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 29, 1932No. 5423PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRONER, Associate Justice.
This is a condemnation case. Congress by Act of March 4, 1927 (44 Stat. 1422 [20 USCA §§ 191-194]), provided for the establishment of a national arboretum. The act authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire the necessary land by private purchase, condemnation proceedings, or gift. The act forbade the purchase of any land at a greater cost than its assessed value plus 25 per cent., and limited the cost of acquisition of all the land needed to the sum of $300,000. The appropriation was made by Act Dee. 22, 1927 (45 Stat. 14). The secretary, having acquired by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Joslin Manufacturing Co. v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Albert Hanson Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Commercial Station Post Office, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
- In Re Petition of State Highway Com'r.Michigan Supreme Court · 1937
- United States ex rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. RussellDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1948
- Lee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1932
- Kingdon Gould v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
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