Legal Opinion
United States v. Seagren
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 4, 1931No. 5320PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HITZ, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a condemnation proceeding brought under the Act of Congress of January 5, 1927 (44 Stat. 931) for the relocation of the Botanic Garden in the eity of Washington.
The act authorizes the taking of “all of the *334privately owned land, buildings and other structures” in square numbered 576 and 578.
The appeal concerns a portion of parcel VII in the condemnation proceedings, described as lots 808, 809, 810, 811, and 812 in square 576.
At the time the proceedings were instituted, and long prior…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boston Chamber of Commerce v. City of BostonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- In re Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- United States v. WienerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
- In re the Application of the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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- Hodges v. LaSalle Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Burkhart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. Certain Property Located in Borough of ManhattanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
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