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WILLIAMS LAND CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 43979.

31 F.Supp. 154 (1940)

WILLIAMS LAND CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

February 5, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Cosgrove, of Washington, D. C. (Raymond H. Berry, Ralph W. Barbier, and Arthur L. Evely, all of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for plaintiff.

George H. Foster, of Washington, D. C., and Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert N. Anderson and Fred K. Dyar, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., on the brief), for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHITAKER, Judges.

LITTLETON, Judge.

The facts show that the City of Detroit, being desirous of condemning certain properties within the city for street-widening purposes, through its Common Council authorized and caused condemnation proceedings to be instituted to acquire the property necessary for the street-widening project, but due to the fact that the financial condition of the city was not such at that time as to warrant the continuation of the condemnation proceedings and the...

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