Herreid v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from 'Circuit Court, Roberts' -County. Hon. Ti-iomas L. Bouck, Judge. Action by Albert HeunreSdl and wife, against th-e Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway 'Company, 'to- 'recover damages incidental to- use of -a -railroad niglht-of-way. Erom an order overruling a demurrer to the- complaint, defend-aat appeals. Appellant cited; Earlo-w v. -Chambers, 21 S. D. 128; McGee v. Verity, (Mo.) 71 S. W. 472; Bostw-iclc v. Mutual Life Ins.
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Appeal from 'Circuit Court, Roberts' -County. Hon. Ti-iomas L. Bouck, Judge. Action by Albert HeunreSdl and wife, against th-e Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway 'Company, 'to- 'recover damages incidental to- use of -a -railroad niglht-of-way. Erom an order overruling a demurrer to the- complaint, defend-aat appeals. Appellant cited; Earlo-w v. -Chambers, 21 S. D. 128; McGee v. Verity, (Mo.) 71 S. W. 472; Bostw-iclc v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., (W'is.) 92 N. W. 246; 'Commissioners v. Younger, 29 Cal. 172; Wallace v. Railway Co., (Iowa) 25 N. W. 772; Hazard v. Griswold, 2-i Fed. 178, 9 'Cyc.…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
This appeal i-s from an order overruling a demurrer to the -complaint. Plaintiffs seek to- recover damages which th-ey claim to have suffered- (owing -to- defendant’s running its right of way -across their land -and, by excavating for same, cutting off the -supply -of water feeding a valuable spring. Antici-*69pat-ing a 'defense, plaintiffs allege that 'they executed a deed to the right of way, which, deed contains a release of damages, 'broad enough in its terms to 'release the damages now sought to he recovered; ’and -plaintiffs allege that prior to executing such deed ■plaintiffs and…
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- Western Manufacturing Co. v. CottonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Maxfield v. SchwartzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Wilcox v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Hale v. HaleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Shook v. Puritan Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1907
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