Doud v. Mason City & Ft. Dodge Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
•Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. John L. Stevens, Judge. Plaintiff appealed from the. report of commissioners appointed to appraise the damages caused by the appropriation of land by defendant for right-of-way purposes. A jury trial was had in the district court, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of one thousand dollars. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
— Plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land containing about forty-one acres, which is situated near the town of Lehigh. Defendant has located and constructed a railway across a portion of this tract, and for that purpose appropriated nearly five acres for its right of way. The question involved in the case is the amount of damages to which plaintiff is entitled by reason of such appropriation. '
right-of-way evidence of coal beneath. I. Plaintiff was permitted to introduce evidence which tended to show that the land in question contains beds of coal. This was objected to by defendant, and its…
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