Grand Rapids, Lansing & Detroit Railroad v. Chesebro

The petitioner began proceedings against respondents on March 19, 1888, to procure by condemnation a right of way over 40 acres of land owned by respondents near Grand Rapids. This resulted in an award of §600, divided among the parties according to their several undivided estates. The proceedings are before us on appeal, partly on questions of jurisdiction and partly on questions arising on the inquest and on the *468record. The petition, which does not indicate that the case differed from any other application, sets out the usual preliminary allegations, and that a map and survey were duly…