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OLD DOMINION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 55.

269 U.S. 55 (1925)

46 S.Ct. 39

70 L.Ed. 162

OLD DOMINION LAND COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J. Winston Read and Thomas H. Willcox, with whom Mr. R.G. Bickford was on the brief, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a proceeding for the condemnation of land in Newport News, Virginia, for the use of the United States. Act of August 1, 1888, c. 728; 25 Stat. 357. It has resulted in a condemnation fixing the sum to be paid, subject to questions of law reserved by the plaintiff in error, the Old Dominion Land Company, at the trial and decided by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 296...

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