Legal Opinion
Williams Land Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided February 5, 1940No. 43979PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON, Judge.
The facts show that the City of Detroit, being desirous of condemning certain properties within the city for street-widening purposes, through its Common Council authorized and caused condemnation proceedings to be instituted to acquire the property necessary for the street-widening project, but due to the fact that the financial condition of the city was not 'such at that time as to warrant the continuation of the condemnation proceedings and the payment in accordance with existing statutes of such awards as might be made it entered into an agreement with the plaintiff and a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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- Helvering v. Stockholms Enskilda BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States Trust Co. of New York v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Campau v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Kieselbach v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. KieselbachCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- Holley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
- Iske v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1980