Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Baker

— This was a proceeding commenced by the plaintiff corporation to condemn a right of way over seven forty-acre tracts of land owned by defendant, Dudley Baker. The defendants, Cook and Moberly, hold a debt secured by a deed of trust upon part of the *559land, and defendant Lightner holds a debt secured by a deed of trust upon another part. The commissioners appointed to assess damages ’made two reports, thus assessing separately the damages to the lands covered' by the deeds of trust. These reports, on exceptions thereto filed by Baker, were set aside, and the damages were reassessed by a jury at…