Legal Opinion
Town of Bedford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 27, 1927No. 2137PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Proceeding under Slat. 1888, c. 728 (25 Stat. p. 357 [40 USCA §§ 257, 258; Comp. St. §§ 6909, 6910]), the United States took, as of November 10, 1926, by eminent domain, for a Veterans’ Hospital, a tract of land in the town of Bedford containing about 400 aeres. The taking covered “all rights of every name, nature, and description in and to that portion of Springs road so called, as shown” on a plan referred to. Springs road was an old road, used from time immemorial, and maintained at the expense of the town. The taking cuts out about a half mile of the road, but the…
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