United States v. O'Neill
District Court, D. Colorado
Condemnation proceedings by the United States against Jesse O’Neill and James O’Neill. On motion by plaintiff for an order for possession.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This is a proceeding in condemnation. Erom the petition, answer and reply these facts appear: The plaintiffs have been engaged for the past several years in the construction of an irrigation system in the Uncompahgre Valley, in Mont-rose and Delta counties. It is in charge of the Secretary of the *678Interior under authority vested in him by the reclamation Act, approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and is known as the Uncom-pahgre Valley project. Up to this time about five million dollars has been expended in its construction, but it is not completed. It diverts a large…
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