BROWN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 97 and 98.

263 U.S. 78 (1923)

44 S.Ct. 92

68 L.Ed. 171

BROWN ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. BROWN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.H. Peterson, with whom Mr. T.C. Coffin was on the brief, for Brown et al.

Mr. W.W. Dyar, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are cross writs of error to a judgment of the District Court of Idaho in a condemnation case. The plaintiffs in error are owners of a tract of 120 acres, which was the object of the suit by the United States. The jury rendered a verdict of $6,250.00 for the plaintiffs, and the court added $328.00 as interest at seven per cent., from the date of the issuing of...

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