Utah Power & Light Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH. .The case is stated in the opinion. Every State has the power of eminent domain as an attribute of sovereignty. The essence of the power is the right to take property for a public purpose. It depends upon the jurisdiction of the sovereign over the property and not its jurisdiction over the owner.
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APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH. .The case is stated in the opinion. Every State has the power of eminent domain as an attribute of sovereignty. The essence of the power is the right to take property for a public purpose. It depends upon the jurisdiction of the sovereign over the property and not its jurisdiction over the owner. Kohl v. United States, 91 U. S. 367; Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U. S. 403; Luxton v. North River Bridge Co., 153 U. S. 525; Adirondack Ry. Co. v. New York State, 176 U. S. 335, 346. The rights and powers of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
We are concerned here with three suits by the United States to enjoin the continued occupancy and use, without its permission, of certain of its lands in forest reservations in Utah as sites for works employed in generating and distributing electric power, and. to secure compensation for such occupancy and use in the past. The reservations were created by executive orders and proclamations with the express sanction of Congress. Almost all the lands therein belong to the United States and before the reservations were created were, public lands subject to disposal and acquisition under the…
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