Legal Opinion
McCandless v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1936No. 552PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
Court.
This is a suit brought in the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii by the government against petitioners to condemn 4,080 acres of land on the Island of Oahu for a federal public purpose. The territorial law provides that in such a suit the value of the land and the value of the improvements thereon must be separately assessed. A common-law jury was empaneled, heard the case, and returned a verdict for petitioners fixing the value of the land at $206,503.51, and the value of the improvements thereon at $14,000. Judgment was entered in accordance with the verdict. On…
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