1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 74 F.2d
  5. 74 F.2d 112 (1934)
 

CHRISTMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 5237.

74 F.2d 112 (1934)

CHRISTMAN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 21, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Bensinger, Jr., of Louisville, Ky. (H. H. Cope, of Madison, Ind., of counsel), for appellants.

Val Nolan, U. S. Atty., and B. Howard Caughran and Paul A. Pfister, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Indianapolis, Ind.

Before SPARKS and FITZHENRY, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Appellants are owners of a 71-acre farm in Milton township, Jefferson county, Ind., abutting Indian-Kentucky creek, a nonnavigable tributary of the Ohio river. The mouth of the creek is 54 miles upstream on the river from Louisville, and appellants' property is located about 4 miles up the creek.

The United States government on October 27, 1927, completed the construction of a dam at Louisville, for the purpose of improving navigation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases