United States v. New River Collieries Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Joseph F. Bodine, Judge. Suit by the New River Collieries Company against the United States. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This writ brings here for review a. judgment of the District Court entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the New River Collieries Company in several suits brought to recover from the United States just compensation for private property taken for a public use. The sole question is the measure of compensation.
The parties, in their conduct, followed strictly the provisions of the Act of Congress commonly known as the Lever Act (approved August 10, 1917, 40 Stat. 276 [Comp.. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 3115%e-3115%kk, 3115%Z-3115%r]). The United States,…
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