Allmon v. Chicago, Paducah & Memphis Railroad

This was a proceeding under the Eminent Domain law, brought by the Chicago, Paducah and Memphis Railroad Company, to condemn a right of way across certain lands belonging to Henry L. Alimón. The land sought to be taken for right of way consists of a strip one hundred feet in width, extending across several tracts owned by the respondent, and the petition seeks merely to have the compensation to be paid for the land thus sought to be' taken, assessed and ascertained in the mode prescribed by law. The respondent thereupon filed his cross-petition, alleging that the residue of the land not taken…