John Horstmann Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeals from judgments denying recovery for damages resulting from the flooding of claimants’ soda lakes.
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APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeals from judgments denying recovery for damages resulting from the flooding of claimants’ soda lakes. In the present case there is a taking as fully as in United' States v. Lynah, 188 U. S. 445, i. e., thé land is completely submerged and destroyed for alí purposes for which it can be used. ' In Gibson v. United States, 166 U. S. 269, the only damage was the loss or inconvenience resulting from an improvement in the navigable waters (which the Government had a right to make), making access to the land more difficult from the waterfront. In Bedford v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Actions in the Court of Claims to recover respectively the sums of $35,000 and $170,000 alleged values of certain properties charged to have been taken and appropriated by the United States.
Both appellants are corporations, and are respectively owners of lands in Churchill County, State of Nevada, surrounding and including lakes known as Little Soda Lake and Big Soda Lake. The Horstmann Company is owner of the former and the Natron Soda Company is owner of the latter.
In 1906 each appellant was manufacturing soda from the wateis of the respective lakes and the- controversy of the cases turns…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. CressSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. LynahSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Kansas v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Bedford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Tempel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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