Town of Emery v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Hanson County. Hon. Frank B. Smith, Judge. Condemnation proceedings by the incorporated Town of Emery against the Chicago,. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, to condemn defendant’s right of way for the extension of a street across it. From a judgment awarding compensation, the defendant appeals. (i) -Under point one of th-e opinion, Appellant submitted that: Neither the amendment to Sec. 1441, Pol.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Hanson County. Hon. Frank B. Smith, Judge. Condemnation proceedings by the incorporated Town of Emery against the Chicago,. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, to condemn defendant’s right of way for the extension of a street across it. From a judgment awarding compensation, the defendant appeals. (i) -Under point one of th-e opinion, Appellant submitted that: Neither the amendment to Sec. 1441, Pol. Code, the section as amended, no-r the title to- the -original act or to the amendatory act, malees any reference to the subject of condemning property. .That no…
1Opinion of the CourtGates, J.
From a judgment in condemnation proceedings awarding it damages for the extension of a street across its right of way and railroad tracks in the town of Emery, the defendant has appealed. No question as to the sufficiency of the award is raised. The appeal raises merely questions of law.
The respondent is an incorporated town, existing under the provisions of chapter 15, Rev. Pol. Code. Sections 1441, 1442, Pol. Code, provided:
Section 1441: “The board of trustees shall have * * * power to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave or otherwise improve roads, streets, alleys,…
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