Legal Opinion

Wichita Falls N.W. Ry. Co. v. Harvey Et Ux.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 24, 1914No. 3951PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error from District Court, Dezvey County; Condemnation proceeding by the Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Company against Elijah D. Harvey and his wife, Setta Harvey. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

BREWER, C.

The plaintiff in error, as plaintiff or petitioner below, filed in the district court of Dewey county a petition for the purpose of condemning a strip of land to be used as a right of way across two quarter sections of land belonging to the defendants. The land sought to be thus appropriated amounts to practically twelve and three-quarters acres. Appraisers were appointed, and they qualified, viewed the land, and made an award of damages, which was unsatisfactory to the defendants, and they in due time filed their exceptions to the award so made, and demanded that the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. BakerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Leroy & Western Railroad v. RossSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
  3. Kansas City & Southwestern Railroad v. EhretSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
  4. Leroy & Western Railway Co. v. HawkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
  5. Wichita Falls & N. W. Ry. Co. v. MunsellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. PetersonMontana Supreme Court · 1958
  2. City of Tulsa v. CreekmoreSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
  3. Lusk v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  4. Incorporated Town of Sallisaw v. PriestSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  5. Wilkerson v. Grand River Dam AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1945

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