Beckwith v. Kansas City & Olathe Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Johnson District Court. At the March Term, 1882, the court sustained the motion of the defendant Railroad Company to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal and strike the cause from the docket, and overruled his application for leave to file an appeal bond therein. These rulings Beckwith brings here. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The facts in this case are briefly as follows : The plaintiff is the owner of a quarter-section of land in Johnson county. The defendant railroad company instituted proceedings to condemn and assess the damages for a right of way for its railroad track through said land. Commissioners were duly appointed therefor by the judge of the district court, and on the 5th day of September, 1881, they filed their report with the county clerk, assessing the damages to the land in the sum of $444.38. On the 14th day of September, 1881, and within ten…
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