Fremont, E. & M. V. R. Co. v. Mattheis
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doan®, J. Plaintiff having by acquiescence permitted defendant to construct and operate its railroad over his land, trespass, ejectment, or injunction will not lie. (Right v. Beard, 13 East [Eng.], 210; Hamlin v. R. Co., 61 "Wis., 515; M. & N. R. Co. v. Strange, 63 Wis., 178; Goodin v. Canal 'Co., 18 O. St., 169; St. Julien v. R. Co., 33 Am. & Eng.
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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doan®, J. Plaintiff having by acquiescence permitted defendant to construct and operate its railroad over his land, trespass, ejectment, or injunction will not lie. (Right v. Beard, 13 East [Eng.], 210; Hamlin v. R. Co., 61 "Wis., 515; M. & N. R. Co. v. Strange, 63 Wis., 178; Goodin v. Canal 'Co., 18 O. St., 169; St. Julien v. R. Co., 33 Am. & Eng. R. Cases [La.], 92; Pierce, Railroads, 169; L. N. A. & C. R. Co. v. Soltweddle, 36 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. [Ind.], 577; Kittell v. R. Co., 55 Yt., 96.) 'Where the statute gives the…
1Opinion of the CourtPost, J.
This was an action of trespass in the district court of Douglas county. The trespass charged is the construction upon and through the land of the plaintiff below, of the railroad track of the defendant company, and the appropriation and use of a part of said premises for the purpose aforesaid. In his petition he alleges that he has been damaged as follows: First — Value of land taken, $2,500. Second — Value of growing crop (garden vegetables) thereon $2,000. Third — Damage to remainder of premises, $8,000. The defendant relied upon a prior condemnation of the property taken, for the purpose…
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