Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Co. v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sumner District Court. On the application of the Railway Company, commissioners were appointed to assess the damages for taking certain land. They awarded Davidson $3,808. He appealed to the district court, where he recovered judgment for $6,000. The defendant company comes to this court. The material facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The court erred in overruling the motion of the plaintiff in error to strike out the evidence of the witness C. E. Davis.
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Error from Sumner District Court. On the application of the Railway Company, commissioners were appointed to assess the damages for taking certain land. They awarded Davidson $3,808. He appealed to the district court, where he recovered judgment for $6,000. The defendant company comes to this court. The material facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The court erred in overruling the motion of the plaintiff in error to strike out the evidence of the witness C. E. Davis. This witness, upon his direct examination, testified that prior to the condemnation of the land by the railway company the land…
1Opinion of the Court
*595The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
On March 16, 1887, on application of the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company, commissioners were appointed by the judge of the district court of Sumner county to assess the damages resulting to the various land-owners along the line of the company’s railway by reason of the location of such railway over such owners’ lands. The commissioners awarded to H. H. Davidson, the owner of the northwest quarter of section 11, township 32 south, of range 1 west, the sum of $3,808. Davidson appealed to the district court, where the case was…
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