Coe v. Aiken’s Empirical Analysis
61 F. 24 · 1893
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
June 1920
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on In Re Niagara Falls & Whirlpool Railway Co. · Chambers v. City of St. Louis · People Ex Rel. Herrick v. Smith · Swan v. Williams · Matter Appl'n of E.B.W. M. Co.
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““The nature of the use for which land is to be taken necessarily appears on the face of the proceeding; and, if it is not a public one, the condemnation cannot be sustained, no matter' what the Legislature may have declared.” Coe v. Aiken (C. C.) 61 Fed. 24 , 32.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hirsh v. Block
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