Mr. Justice Whittaker, with, whom The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Black join, dissenting. In the hope that it might eventually acquire from the Federal Government a license to construct a power dam across a navigable river, the power company acquired, by conveyances from the fee owners, easements permanently to flood 1,540 acres of fast lands adjacent to the river. It did not own any…
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