Legal Opinion
McMichael v. United States
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided November 15, 1945No. 661PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MULLINS, District Judge.
The plaintiff sued the United States and the Tennessee Valley Authority, claiming that they had taken or flooded his property in connection with the erection and maintenance of Pickwick Dam on the Tennessee River. He averred that he was damaged in the sum of $14,000 and sued for that amount. He further averred that the defendants had impliedly promised to pay him for the property alleged to have been taken; that the Tennessee Valley Authority acted under the authority of the Tennessee Valley Act, 16 U.S.C.A. § 831 et seq., in constructing said dam; that neither the…
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