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JACOBS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15.

290 U.S. 13 (1933)

54 S.Ct. 26

78 L.Ed. 142

JACOBS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 6, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles C. Moore for petitioners.

Solicitor General Biggs, with whom Assistant Attorney General Wideman and Messrs. William W. Scott and W.S. Ward were on the brief, for the United States.

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

Petitioner Jacobs and the testator of petitioner Gunter owned farms lying along Jones Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, in Jackson County, Alabama. Across this river the United States constructed Widow's Bar Dam under authority of Acts of Congress, 39 Stat. 399; 40 Stat. 1282. Surveys by the Government showed that the construction of the dam caused an increase...

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