St. Louis & Illinois Belt Railway v. Guswelle

This is a proceeding in the county court of Madison county brought by appellant to condemn a right of way across the farm of 98 acres owned by appellee. A cross-petition was filed, claiming damages to the land not taken. The strip sought to be condemned contained 5.72 acres. The jury by its verdict fixed the value of the land at $592, or $103.50 an acre, and damages to the land not taken at $1362, or $14.75 an acre.

The main line sought to be condemned by appellant runs across the farm of appellee from north to south, leaving about twenty acres of the farm, mostly timber, on the west side of…