Legal Opinion
United States v. Sunset Cemetery Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1943No. 7885PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Sunset Cemetery Company, defendant in a proceeding brought by the United States to condemn certain land in Cook County, Illinois, appeals from an order dismissing it as a party.
The tract with which we are concerned was owned in fee simple by Curtiss-Wright Corporation, subject, however, to (1) certain easements for highway purposes and (2) an easement in defendant under which it had the right to lay and maintain sewers across the land, thereby draining its adjoining cemetery. These facts were set forth in the petition for condemnation, the prayer of which was that the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Matter of City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Frink v. DarstIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
- United States v. 16,572 Acres of LandDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1942
- South Carolina State Highway Department v. BobotesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Harry J. Hicks, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Hi Holdridge, A/K/A Hiram Holdridge, Larry Shumm and Neil Delmar Haworth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Edgar Timmons, Jr., the Group Known as People Organized for Equal Rights, and Other Unknown IndividualsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- State of Nebraska v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
- United States v. Adamant Co. And Four Other CasesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
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