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HANSON CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 300.

261 U.S. 581 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 442

67 L.Ed. 809

ALBERT HANSON LUMBER COMPANY, LTD., v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E. Howard McCaleb, with whom Mr. Emmet Alpha was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States instituted condemnation proceedings in the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to acquire the so-called Hanson Canal and a strip of land three hundred feet wide including the canal. Plaintiff in error was the owner and objected to the taking on grounds hereinafter stated. Judgment was given condemning the property and vesting title in the United States when the amount found in...

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