Johnson v. United States

In the first or parent case which this claimant brought against the defendants, the theory of his demand was that the government had taken his property absolutely, for which he should recover either the full compensation which is given whenever private property is taken for public use, or the ample damages which the law accords to a party injured by trespass.” This. compensation or damage was laid at $2,000,000.

"When the case came to be tried, we were satisfied that the government had not taken his property for a fixed military reservation, but, on the contrary, occupied it temporarily and at…