JUST
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
would be unjust to the public that it should be required to pay the owner more than a fair indemnity for the loss he sustains by the apropriation of his property for the general good. nm the other hand, it would be equally unjust to the owner if he should receive less than a fair indemnity for such loss. To arrive at this feir indemnity, the interests of the public and of the owner, and ‘all the circumstances of the particular appropriation, should be taken into consideration. wis, Em. Dom. § 462. An see Butler Hard Rubber Co. v. Newark, 61 N.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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