Welch v. Tippery
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Burt county. Bill for injunction to prevent opening highway. Heard below before Dickinson, J. Decree for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, 0.
Suit was brought to enjoin the opening or maintaining of a public road across the plaintiff’s premises until payment of his damages for the land taken. The defendants pleaded a dedication, and also that the county commissioners and the plaintiff had entered into an agreement *605whereby he was to release his claim for damages in consideration that the commissioners would appropriate the amount'thereof for work on the road. The trial court called a jury and submitted two questions, — whether such an agreement had been made, and whether it had been carried out by the county. Each question…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hixon v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1850
3Cited by4 opinions
- Olson v. EnglandNebraska Supreme Court · 1980
- Cohn v. BrombergSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
- Rasmussen v. HaglerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1906
- Parker v. SuttonNebraska Supreme Court · 1926