Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad v. Brown

This cause was before this court in' the year 1883, and is reported in 14 Nebraska, 170, the judgment being' reversed. On the second trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of Brown for the sum of $6,000. • The principal ground of error relied upon in this court is, that the verdict is unsupported by the evidence.

It is alleged in the petition in substance that in the year 1876 the railroad company constructed a railway bridge across the Platte river, between the counties of Douglas and Saunders; that Brown, about the year 1876, erected a grist mill on the bottom lands south of the Platte…