Stockton & Copperppolis R.R. v. Galgiani
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, County of San Joaquin. The petition was filed December 3, 1870. There were two tracts through which a belt of land for a railroad track was sought to be condemned, and one track belonged to the Galgiani’s, G. Peri, A. Peri, and L. Silna, and the other tract to Louis "Vilhac and J. S. Page. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Niles, J.:
The petitioner, a railroad corporation, appeals from the judgment of the County Court confirming the report of Commissioners appointed to ascertain and assess the com*140pensation to the owners of certain lands sought to be appropriated by the company for the purposes of its road, and from the order overruling the petitioner’s motion for a new-trial.
1. Whether, under the provisions of Article VI., Section 4, of the Constitution, an appeal lies to this Court in special cases cannot be considered at this day as an open question. In Knowles v. Yeates (31 Cal. 85), and Day v.…
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