Bedford v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The appellants were owners of land on the Mississippi River, in the State of Louisiana, amounting to five thousand or six thousand acres, upon which were cabins, - other buildings and fences. They brought suit in tlie Court of Claims for damages to their lands, alleged to have resulted from certain works of the United States.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The appellants were owners of land on the Mississippi River, in the State of Louisiana, amounting to five thousand or six thousand acres, upon which were cabins, - other buildings and fences. They brought suit in tlie Court of Claims for damages to their lands, alleged to have resulted from certain works of the United States. The damages consisted, as found by the court, of the erosion and overflow of about twenty-three hundred acres of the land. The works of the government and their operation are described by the court in the following findings: “Prior to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
There is no dispute about the power of the government to construct the works which, it is claimed, caused-the damage to appellants’ land. It was alleged by appellants that they were constructed by the “United States in the execution of its rights and powers, in and over said river and in pursuance of its lawful control over the navigation of said river and- for the betterment and improvement 'thereof.” And also that the works were not constructed upon appellants’ land, and their immediate object was to prevent further erosion at De Soto Point. In other words, the object of the works was to…
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