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Jacobs v. United States, 290 U.S. 13 (1933)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Jacobs v. United States, 290 U.S. 13 (1933)
Jacobs v. United States No. 15 Argued October 13, 1933 Decided November 6, 1933 290 U.S. 13
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
1. The obligation of the United States to pay just compensation for private property taken under its power of eminent domain rest upon the Fifth Amendment, independent of statute or express promise. P. 16.
2. A promise to pay is implied because the duty is imposed by the Amendment. Id.
3. In a suit under the Tucker Act to recover just compensation for property taken by the Government, there may be claimed and allowed, in the form of interest, such addition to the value of the property at the time of the taking as will produce the full equivalent of that value paid contemporaneously with the taking. P. 16.
4. This is not a claim for interest within the meaning of Jud.Code § 177. P. 17.
5. United States v. North American Co., 253 U.S. 330, distinguished. P. 18.
63 F.2d 326, reversed.
Certiorari, 289 U.S. 719, to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the District Court as respects allowance of interest in a suit for just compensation brought under the Tucker Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Jacobs v. United States, 290 U.S. 13 (1933) in 290 U.S. 13 290 U.S. 15. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MVBTPFXSGPLH41A.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Jacobs v. United States, 290 U.S. 13 (1933), in 290 U.S. 13, page 290 U.S. 15. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MVBTPFXSGPLH41A.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Jacobs v. United States, 290 U.S. 13 (1933). cited in 1933, 290 U.S. 13, pp.290 U.S. 15. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=MVBTPFXSGPLH41A.
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