G. B. & L. R'y Co. v. Haggart

Petitioner sought to condemn, for the use of its railway, a strip of land about nine hundred feet in length, across two patented mill-sites; also the right of way over a certain lode claim. Its line touched the stream upon which the mill-sites are located, and, according to the evidence, its embankment would materially increase the expense of constructing dams .necessary to operate machinery thereon. In view of these facts, we are not prepared to say that $800 was an excessive award for the land actually taken, and the damages inflicted upon the remaining property.

The foregoing conclusion…