United States v. Sargent

Considerations of public interest impel me to dissent. Viewed merely in the light of the small pecuniary amount involved in the individual case, it might be said the •government could have well forborne this appeal. But the principle concerned is of vast practical importance. The constant recurring necessity of the general government to invoke the power of eminent domain demands that the departments of justice and treasury in instituting condemnation proceedings should definitely understand whether or not the government is to be subjected to the notions of the Legislature of the state, in…