Big Sandy & Kentucky River Railway Co. v. Stafford

Opinion op the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

The Big Sandy & Kentucky River Railway Company owns at the place in controversy a right of way forty feet in width, its tracks being laid in the center. Needing additional land upon which to construct a side track, it sought to condemn a strip ten feet in width and 1,590 feet long, lying adjacent to its right of way, and belonging to J. F. Stafford. A tenant, H. Sales was also made a defendant.

The commissioners fixed Stafford’s damages at $800.00. Exceptions to the amount thus reported were filed by both the railway company and by Stafford. In…