UNITED STATES v. TRUESDELL

No. 552.

148 U.S. 196 (1893)

UNITED STATES v. TRUESDELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Cotton for appellants.

Mr. Job Barnard and Mr. George A. King for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in the Court of Claims to recover damages for the loss of a well, occasioned by the construction of an extension of the Washington Aqueduct, and for compensation for a right of way across land of the complainant, taken for the purpose of constructing a tunnel, by virtue of an act of Congress of July 15, 1882, entitled "An act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington and for...

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