Munkwitz v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. to the point that the amount awarded by the commissioners was not admissible in evidence, cited Wooster v. 8. E. Y. JR. Oo. 57 Wis. 311; Watson v. JM. db M.. JR. Oo. id. 332, 340; JEnnis v. W JR. JB.
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APPEAL from the County Court of Milwaukee County. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. to the point that the amount awarded by the commissioners was not admissible in evidence, cited Wooster v. 8. E. Y. JR. Oo. 57 Wis. 311; Watson v. JM. db M.. JR. Oo. id. 332, 340; JEnnis v. W JR. JB. JR. Oo. 12 R. I. Y3; Sherman v. St. P., JM. db M. JR. Oo. 30 Minn. 227; Oentral JBanls v. St. John, 17 Wis. 157; Oaswell v. O. db If. W. E. Oo. 42 id. 193; Brown v. P., W. db B. E. Co. 5 Gray, 35. To the point that remote, speculative,…
1Opinion of the CourtObtoit, J.
This was an appeal from the award of commissioners of damages to the plaintiff’s land by the right of way across it of the defendant’s railway. The jury found the damages separately at $2,000 for the land actually taken, and $4,000 as damages to the land adjoining. There was a motion for a new trial on the ground that the $4,000 damages were not supported by competent evidence. It seems that the witnesses who estimated such damages based their judgment almost entirely upon the fact that the railway crossing said lands would prevent the excavation of a canal the full length of said tract, by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Snyder v. Western Union RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
- Driver v. Western Union RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
- Pinkham v. Inhabitants of ChelmsfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Welch v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
- Neilson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & NorthWestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Barber v. State Highway CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 1959
- Guyandot Valley R'y Co. v. BuskirkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Sasse v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- State ex rel. Kimberly-Clark Co. v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
- Seefeld v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
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