Parkert v. Department of Public Works

Kroger, District Judge.

Appellee in this case commenced a condemnation proceeding in the county court of Dodge county to take certain land of the appellants for a federal-state highway. From the award of the appraisers an appeal was taken to the district court where a jury returned a verdict in the sum of $1,740.50 against the appellee. From the overruling of their separate motions for a new trial, the appellants bring the case to this court for review.

The record shows that appellants are the owners of the southwest quarter of section 13, township 19, range 7, in Dodge county, Nebraska,…