Legal Opinion

New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad v. Tutt

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 26, 1907No. 20,857PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Erom St. Joseph Circuit Court; Walter A. Funk, Judge. Condemnation proceeding by the New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad Company against Joseph D. Tutt and others. Erom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.

1Opinion of the Court

Hadley, J.—This

was a proceeding by appellant to condemn a right of way for a steam railroad over the lands of appellees. Appellant filed an instrument of appropriation in the office of the clerk of St. Joseph county, on June 18, 1904. On July 9, 1904, appraisers were duly appointed to assess the damages, who estimated the same at $491, and filed their award with the clerk, July 27, 1904. August 3, 1904, appellees filed their exceptions to the award. Upon these exceptions the proceedings were transferred to the St. Joseph Circuit Court. The question of damages raised by the exceptions was…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Weis v. City of MadisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Taylor v. FickasIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Carthage Turnpike Co. v. AndrewsIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Cairo & Vincennes R. R. v. StevensIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Case v. HoffmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  4. Heckaman v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1933
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