Legal Opinion

Town of Hingham v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 9, 1908No. 760PublishedCited by 13 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.

1Opinion of the Court

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding on the part of the United States for the condemnation of certain lands belonging to the town of Hingham, for the site, location, and construction of a naval magazine. The proceeding was authorized by Act April 27, 1904, c. 1622, 33 Stat 324, 338. In support thereof an act was passed by the Fegislature of Massachusetts (chapter 146, p. 398, of the Acts and Resolves of 1905), giving the consent of that' state to the acquisition by the United States by condemnation of the lands in question for the purposes described in the statute of the United States…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bauman v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Edmands v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  4. Drury v. Midland RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
  5. Old Colony Railroad v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Welch v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939
  2. Ralph v. HazenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
  3. Town of Swampscott v. RemisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  4. Trager v. Peabody Redevelopment AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1973
  5. United States v. Certain Land in Town of New CastleU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1908

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