Shoemaker v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1893-01-16

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Mr. J ustioe Seiras, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court. In the memory of men now living, a proposition to take private property, without the consent of its owner, for a public park, and to assess a'proportionate part of the cost upon real estate benefited thereby, would have been regarded as a novel exercise of legislative po…

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