Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Haines
Supreme Court of Kansas
JEh'ror from Bourbon JDistriet Court. The board of county commissioners of Bourbon county condemned lands for the right of way for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas JRly. Co. through their county. Said railway company’s line of road was through a quarter-section of land owned by JEhnmer JEIaines and Geo.
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JEh'ror from Bourbon JDistriet Court. The board of county commissioners of Bourbon county condemned lands for the right of way for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas JRly. Co. through their county. Said railway company’s line of road was through a quarter-section of land owned by JEhnmer JEIaines and Geo. R. Haines; and said commissioners appraised the value of their land taken for the right of way, being 100 feet in width, and assessed the damages to said quarter-section, “ including damages for the taking of earth outside of the 100 feet in the construction of the roadbed,” at $915. From this…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
i cross-examiSeS^xtenf" ofinquny. This proceeding in the district court was on an appeal from the board of county commissioners on proceedings for the condemnation of land for the right of way for the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Rai lway Company. The plaintiffs in error the railway company, who were defendants below, claim that “ The court below erred in not permitting the witness Heylmun to answer the following question put to him by the defendants below: £ W ould the damages have keen less if there had been proper culverts, and…
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