Supreme Court of the United States, 1920

United States v. Wayne County

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 19, 1920

252 U.S. 574; 55 Ct. Cl. 518; 53 Ct. Cl. 417; 40 S. Ct. 394 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom The Solicitor General and Mr. Geo. T. Stormont were on the brief, for the United States., Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. George W. Hott was on the brief, for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Com'rs of Hwys. of Towns of Annawan v. United States (District Court, N.D. Illinois 1979)
United States v. Wheeler Tp. (8th Cir. 1933)
California v. United States (Court of Claims 1955)
Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips v. Guy F. Atkinson Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1941)
United States v. Crary (District Court, W.D. Virginia 1932)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Affirmed upon the authority of: (1) United States v. Cress, 243 U. S. 316, 329; United States v. Welch, 217 U. S. 333, 339; United States v. Grizzard, 219 U. S. 180, 185. (2) St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 148 U. S. 92, 101; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Richmond, 224 U. S. 160, 169. And see Stockton v. Baltimore & New York R. R. Co., 32 Fed. Rep. 9. (3) Farrell v. O’Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71, 79; Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216, 218; Sugarman v. United States, 249 U. S. 182, 184.

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