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McCANDLESS v. UNITED STATES

No. 552.

298 U.S. 342 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 764

80 L.Ed. 1205

McCANDLESS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Urban Earl Wild and Julius Russell Cades for petitioners.

Assistant Attorney General Blair, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Mr. Aubrey Lawrence were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought in the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii by the Government against petitioners to condemn 4,080 acres of land on the Island of Oahu for a federal public purpose. The territorial law provides that in such a suit the value of the land and the value of the improvements thereon must be separately assessed. A common-law jury was empaneled, heard the case, and returned...

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