Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 3, 1953No. Civ. 1450PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAHY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff is lessee of a three-acre tract of land in New Castle Hundred whose northerly boundary is a free running stream known as Armstrong Creek. Flowing in an easterly direction, the -creek upstream passes from lands on which the New Castle U. S. Army Air Base was constructed between 1942 and 1944, and over intervening land — thence onto and beyond plaintiff’s tract. Prior to construction of the air base, plaintiff erected and maintained on the premises his dwelling house, a separate building used as a store and apartment, and five ponds of varying sizes fed from the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AGSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Anderson v. John L. Hayes Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1926
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Pennsylvania RR Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1954
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