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BRETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 8280.

86 F.2d 305 (1936)

BRETT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 16, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Funkhouser & Twohy and Lyle D. Keith, all of Spokane, Wash., for appellants.

J. M. Simpson, U. S. Atty., of Spokane, Wash., and B. E. Stoutemyer, Dist. Counsel, Bureau of Reclamation, of Portland, Or., for the United States.

Before WILBUR, MATHEWS, and HANEY, Circuit Judges.

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants in a condemnation proceeding have appealed from a judgment in their favor.

In July, 1933, the government allocated $63,000 for the construction of Grand Coulee Dam in the Columbia river in the state of Washington. The purposes, in constructing the dam as set forth in the act, are to improve navigation, for power development and for irrigation. The entire dam will cost $175,000,000 and the foundations of the dam will cost $60...

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