Smith v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.

*178The opinion of the court was delivered by.

Smith, J.:

This was a proceeding to condemn a right-of-way for a gas pipe line across a quarter section of land. The landowners appealed from the appraiser’s award. The sole question at the trial in district court was the amount of the judgment. The right-of-way condemned was a strip 174.9 rods long and 50 feet wide. It ran diagonally across the quarter section. It comprised 3.313 acres. The jury answered special questions as follows:

“No. 1. (a) Do you find that the condemnation of the 3.313 acre right-of-way easement set out in the petition damaged…