Pack v. Chesapeake & Ohio R. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
The proceedings in this case were commenced in the circuit court of Kanawha county in March, 1871. The railroad company, upon petition, procured the appointment of commissioners to report a just compensation to owners through whose lands they proposed to construct their railroad. Five commissioners were selected and appointed according to law, who reported that they had fixed the compensation for the lands claimed by Augustus Pack and James W. Oaks at five hundred dollars.
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The proceedings in this case were commenced in the circuit court of Kanawha county in March, 1871. The railroad company, upon petition, procured the appointment of commissioners to report a just compensation to owners through whose lands they proposed to construct their railroad. Five commissioners were selected and appointed according to law, who reported that they had fixed the compensation for the lands claimed by Augustus Pack and James W. Oaks at five hundred dollars. On the 17th of April, 1871, the railroad company paid into court the sum fixed as compensation. On the day following,…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
Upon the application of the Chesapeake and Ohio Eailroad Company, the circuit court of Kanawha county appointed commissioners to ascertain and report what would be a just compensation to the owner, for a certain lot or parcel of land belonging to the defendant, Pack, proposed to be acquired by the said company for its purposes.
The commissioners' made their report, which was filed as required by law, with the papers of the cause, and without any confirmation of the report, the railroad company paid into court the amount of compensation ascertained by the commissioners; whereupon the defendant…
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