In re Condemnations for Improvement of Rouge River
District Court, E.D. Michigan
In Equity. In the matter of petitions by the United States for condemnation of private property for the Improvement of Rouge River, a public use. On motions to dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTUE, District Judge.
These are condemnation proceedings brought by the Secretary of War in the name of the United States, to take by right of eminent domain, certain lands owned by the respondents, for the purpose of improving the Rouge river, a navigable waterway located within this District and in the state of Michigan. The proceedings are based upon and involve the construction and validity of the Act of Congress of May 16, 1906, c. 2465, 34 Statutes at Large, 196 as amended by Act of June 29, Í905, c. 3628, 34 Statutes at 1 ,arge, 632, being section 9881 of West’s United States Compiled…
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