Pingery v. Cherokee & Dakota Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cherokee District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis, Judge. Action for the condemnation of a right of way-over plaintiff’s lands. From the findings of a jury on appeal to the district court the defendant appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
i evidence: of witnesses: right-of-way damages. I. Several witnesses testified as to the value of plaintiff’s farm, both before and after iTie location of defendant’s road across it. There was an objection to the testimony on ^ie ground that the witnesses had not shown themselves competent; the precise point being that it did not appear that the witnesses knew of the date of the location or building of the road, and that without such knowledge they could not properly testify as to values before and after the location. Without citing the testimony of the several witnesses separately, it is…
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