Legal Opinion
Bailey v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 19, 1926No. C-778PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDowhey, Judge
The plaintiffs were lessees of 26-130- acres of submerged land in Willoughby Bay, Virginia, off from the Jamestown Exposition site, which they had leased, under the laws of Virginia, for oyster culture and were using for that purpose.
By the act of June 15, 1917, Congress authorized the President to take over for the United States the possession and title of the tract of land known as the Jamestown Exposition site, on Hampton Roads, Virginia, with certain adjacent lands, “ including all easements, rights of way, riparian, and other rights appurtenant thereto,” etc., and the land was partially…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hardin v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Scranton v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Tempel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co. v. GarrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Petrovich v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1970
- United States v. 412.715 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.District Court, N.D. California · 1943
- United States v. 11.48 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Clay County, Fla.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- Edward P. Blake v. United States of America, Odell M. Blake v. United States of America, Eldridge Cook v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Tignor v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1928
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