CAMPBELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 73.

266 U.S. 368 (1924)

CAMPBELL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John V. Campbell, with whom Mr. A. Julius Freiberg was on the brief, pro se.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought by John V. Campbell to recover compensation for 1.81 acres of land taken by the United States to be part of a site for a plant for the production of nitrates. The district court found that the value of the land was $750, and that, by the taking, the remainder of his property was damaged $2,250. It also found that, by reason of the uses to be made of lands acquired from others for the same...

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