Legal Opinion
Empie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1942No. 4990PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The controversy in this case relates to the compensation for lands along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina flooded by the United States in connection with the erection and maintenance of a dam near Kelly, North Carolina, under the Act of Congress of April 24, 1888, Ch. 194, 25 Stat. 94, 33 U.S.C.A. § 591, and the Act of August 1, 1888, Ch. 728, 25 Stat. 357, 40 U.S.C.A. §§ 257, 258. A survey of the lands was made in the year 1937, under the Act of August 30, 1935, Ch. 831, 49 Stat. 1048; 33 U.S.C.A. § 546 a, and funds for the project were made available by an…
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