Wharton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island. William P. Sheffield, Jr., and William R. Harvey (Max Revy, on the brief), for plaintiff in error. Charles A. Wilson, U. S. Atty., and Amasa M. Eaton, for the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a proceeding by the United States for the condemnation of certain lands at Conanicut Island, in the state of Rhode Island. The petition of the United States declares that the purpose was for “the location, construction and prosecution of works for fortification and coast defense.” 'The plaintiff in error intervened, claiming damages in behalf of two distinct matters. The first related to a certain right of way, with regard to which we are not concerned. The judgment sustained his petition so far as that was concerned; but, as to all other claims, it denied him…
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