Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Smith

The appellant company relocated its railroad from a point two miles south of Zionsville to a point four miles northwest of that town, for the alleged purpose of eliminating dangerous curves, inconvenient grades and serious errors in location, as provided by §5248 Burns 1914, Acts 1907 p. 373, and filed its complaint for the appropriation of that part of the *677proposed new right of way which extends across appellee’s farm. Appraisers were appointed and made an award, to which each party filed exceptions, and the question of damages was submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of…