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Show GOVERNMENT LOSES IN SUPREME COURT O-vroers of Land on Streams Entitled to Compensation for Damages Following Fol-lowing Improvements. WASHINGTON, March 12. Pnramoimt federal aut horlty over navigable rivers and government exemption from' damage liability in their improvement, the supreme su-preme court decided lodny in Kentucky test coses, does not extend to their non-navi non-navi cable tributaries. Justice Pitney, who gave the opinion, said owners of Ir.nd on si reams are entitled en-titled to compensation for land taken when such streams artificially were made navigable. The ruling against the government, the department of jusiK-c had told the court, would abolish a precpd-nt of "t i emendous importance" regarding government lia- ' hi'.ity for damage to private property upon tributaries of navigable wniors in Improvement Im-provement of the latter. Many pending suits and claim, turned on today's decision. deci-sion. Itecision on the constitutionality of the Adamson railroad la w wrh asii In post- ; poned today hy the supreme court. ! |