Leroy & Western Railroad v. Ross
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sedgwick District Court. Ross & Packer appealed from the award of commissioners appointed to condemn a right-of-way for the Leroy & Western Railroad Company through Sedgwick county. The commissioners had awarded them $178.50. Trial at the February term, 1887, and verdict for plaintiffs for $812. New trial denied, and judgment for the plaintiffs. The defendant company brings the case here. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HortoN, C. J.:
Ross & Packer are the owners of the S. W. J of sec. 25, T. 29, R. 2 W., in Sedgwick county. On the 15th day of March, 1886, the district judge of that county appointed commissioners to appraise the lands along the line ofi the Leroy & Western Railroad Company through the county] and to assess the damages for the right-of-way of the road! On the 26th day of April, 1886, the commissioners, after viewing the said S.W. J, and the proposed route of the rail*600road over the laud, assessed the damages as follows: Value of land taken for…
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