United States v. Archer
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . Petition in the Court of Claims for the recovery of $300,000 for damages alleged to havp been caused by the officers and agents of tbe United States under the authority of an act' of Congress creating the Mississippi River Commission by the construction and extending of a dike known as the Leland Dike upon the land of petitioners, called the Point Chicot Plantation.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. . Petition in the Court of Claims for the recovery of $300,000 for damages alleged to havp been caused by the officers and agents of tbe United States under the authority of an act' of Congress creating the Mississippi River Commission by the construction and extending of a dike known as the Leland Dike upon the land of petitioners, called the Point Chicot Plantation. A demurrer to the petition was overruled and after answer and hearing judgment was rendered for claimants in the sum of $54,920, to review which this appeal is prosecuted. The findings were…
1Opinion of the Court
241 U.S. 119 (1916)
UNITED STATES
v.
ARCHER.
No. 112.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued December 7, 1915.
Decided May 1, 1916.
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS.
The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Robert Szold was on the brief, for the United States.
Mr. Percy Bell for appellee.
MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
Upon the findings as thus made the parties to the action base opposing contentions. The Government asserts that the Government's liability is limited to the land actually taken and all other damages are consequential. In other words,…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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