Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad v. Easley
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Barber Bistriot Court. Proceeding to recover damages for a railroad right-of-way. Trial at the February term, 1888, before Hon. Loren Edwards, judge pro tern., and a jury. Verdict for plaintiff, Easley, for $427.33 damages; new trial denied, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff. The defendant Company brings the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Strang, C.:
This was an appeal from the report of condemnation commissioners in a railroad right-of-way proceeding. The commissioners awarded the legal representatives of the Ohio Land & Cattle Company the sum of $272 as damages for injuries to the tract of land, damages for injuries to which the defendant, J. R. Easley, is now claiming, and also allowed said J. R. Easley the sum of $ 1 as damages to the same. Easley appealed, and the case was tried before the court and a jury February 28, 1888. The jury returned a general verdict awarding damages to the defendant in the sum of…
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