Legal Opinion
United States v. Meyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 1940No. 7148, 7149PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Defendants appeal from a judgment in their favor for $66,750, entered in a proceeding to condemn certain of their lands for use in connection with the dam on the Mississippi River known as Lock and Dam No. 26. Adequate disposition of the several numerous errors assigned necessitates a somewhat extended comment upon the pertinent facts. Consequently, we shall avoid repetition necessarily entailed by a separate statement of facts.
Upon both the hearing upon their motion to dismiss and the trial, defendants questioned the authority of the Government to condemn the fee…
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