Case Name: J. W. SIMPKINS v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1916-06-05
Citations: 51 Ct. Cl. 448
Docket Number: No. 30569
Parties: J. W. SIMPKINS v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
J. W. SIMPKINS v. THE UNITED STATES.
[No. 30569.
Decided June 5, 1916.]
On the Proofs.
Messrs E. 8. Stewart and M. Walton Hendry for the plaintiff.
Mr. J. Harwood Graves, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Huston Thompson, for the defendants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam :
The evidence does not show to the satisfaction of the court that any part of the claimant's lands have been or are permanently submerged or so injured by the construction of the lock and dam by the defendants as to constitute a taking of the same, and if any such lands had been submerged and taken there is nothing in the evidence presented to the court to enable it to designate the same.
It further appears from the evidence that the claimant has only a life estate in the lands alleged to have been taken.
Hence the petition is dismissed.