Boom Co. v. Patterson

Citations

98 U.S. 403
25 L. Ed. 206
1878 U.S. LEXIS 1396

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holding that highest and best use should be “viewed not merely with reference to the uses to which [the land] is at the time applied, but with reference to the uses to which it is plainly adapted”
stating that the task of commissioners appointed to appraise the value of condemned land was “not a suit at law in the ordinary sense of those terms”
the right of eminent domain is an attribute of sovereignty and is not dependent on authority conferred by the Constitution
in some instances, a departure from the unit rule may be necessary to avoid grossly unjust results
utility company may exercise delegated eminent domain power over private property for public use
“When the use is public, the necessity or expediency of appropriating any particular property is not a subject of judicial cognizance.”

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