United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co.

Pursuant to an appropriation for the improvement of the Rouge River, Michigan, made in the Rivers and Har bors Act of August 8, 1917, 1 the United States filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan five petitions for the condemnation of numerous parcels of riparian land needed for such improvement, and, also, of a gas main passing underneath the river. 2

The petitions were consolidated, and a jury trial had resulting in seventy-three awards of compensation to the property owners. Judgments were entered confirming all these awards. Writs of error were sued out by the United…