Legal Opinion
State of Nebraska v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1947No. 13578PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
The United States instituted condemnation to acquire some 19,500 acres of land in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, in fee simple, as a site for an ammunition storage depot. Two sections in the tract were lands which had been granted to the State of Nebraska under its enabling act, 13 Stat. 47, 49, § 7, “for the support of common schools”. At the time of the condemnation, these sections had been leased by the State to private individuals for agricultural purposes for unexpired terms of years.
On a trial of the issue of just compensation, the court instructed the jury to…
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