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UNITED STATES v. CRESS

Nos. 84, 718.

243 U.S. 316 (1917)

UNITED STATES v. CRESS. UNITED STATES v. KELLY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson, with whom Mr. P.M. Cox and Mr. Seth Shepard, Jr., were on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. J.F. Winn for defendants in error in No. 718.

No appearance for defendant in error in No. 84.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases were argued together, involve similar questions, and may be disposed of in a single opinion. They were actions brought in the District Court by the respective defendants in error against the United States under the 20th paragraph of § 24, Jud. Code (Act of March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1087, 1093), to recover compensation for the taking of lands and...

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