School-District No. 2 of Lake County v. Searl

Citations

• 38 F. 18
• 1889 U.S. App. LEXIS 2850

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Compensation—Improvements. A receiver’s receipt for a placer claim-was issued in April, and a patent in May, for the price of $2.50. The land was worth $3,000. In July, a school board, acting under advice of counsel, purchased the land from occupants for $3,500, and erected a school-house on it for $40,000. On condemnation proceedings by the school-district, held, that it should pay for the placer title $3,000,-ana should not pay the value of the improvements.</p>