Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Lindner

The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company brought a proceeding in the probate court of Hamilton county, Ohio, seeking to appropriate certain property of the defendant, Lewis F. Lindner, for railroad purposes.

The court, on the preliminary hearing, found the railway company entitled to appropriate the property which it sought, and impaneled a jury to ascertain the value of the property taken and the damage to the residue.

The property of the defendant Lindner was a farm of approximately 92 acres of land. The farm was divided by the highway, running north and south, leaving…