MR. Justice Brewer, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court. There are three principal questions in this case: First, did the Circuit Court have jurisdiction; second, was there a taking of the land within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment; and, third, if there was a taking, was the government subject to the obligation of making compensation therefor ? Did the C…
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