KOHL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES


91 U.S. 367 (____)

KOHL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E.W. Kittredge for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Edwin B. Smith, contra.


MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

It has not been seriously contended during the argument that the United States government is without power to appropriate lands or other property within the States for its own uses, and to enable it to perform its proper functions. Such an authority is essential to its independent existence and perpetuity. These cannot be preserved if the obstinacy of a private person...

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