Chattaroi Railway Co. v. Kinner
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 33 — WRIT TO CONDEMN REALTY APPEAL FROM LAWRENCE CIRCUIT COURT. No brief. No brief.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hargis
The special provisions of the charter of the Chattaroi Railway Company authorized the condemnation and valuation of land for its right of way and construction, by warrant issued by a justice of the peace and trial by jury in the country.
Pursuant to those provisions the appellant company caused the warrant to issue and a jury to be summoned, who assessed the value of the lands of the appellees, and the latter appealed to the circuit court, which decided that the justice had no jurisdiction to issue the warrant or preside at the trial before the jury, because the special remedy for condemnation…
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