UNITED STATES v. CERTAIN LAND IN FALLS TP.

No. 5860.

38 F.2d 109 (1930)

UNITED STATES v. CERTAIN LAND IN FALLS TP., BUCKS COUNTY, PA.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin S. Boyer, U. S. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Frank A. Harrigan, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


DICKINSON, District Judge.

The situation presented by this motion is an unusual one. The fact basis of the complaint made is that possession of the lands of the petitioners was taken from them by the strong military arm of the government, backed by the power of eminent domain; that the only justification for the taking was that the lands were needed for military use; that the lawful exercise of the power of eminent domain is limited to the purposes of this use, so...

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