Atchison & Nebraska Railroad v. Gough
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. At the March Term, 1882, of the district court, plaintiff Gough recovered a judgment against the defendant Railroad Company, which brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
*95statement or facts. *961. Railroad right-of-way; damages to entiretyan *94The defendant in error was the owner of the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter *95of section 6, township 5, range 21. These lands formed a contiguous tract, and were all used for k single purpose as one farm. In other words, the defendant in error owned a single farm of 240'acres — the land all compact, contiguous, and devoted to the one use. Through this single farm, the railroad, the plaintiff in error, condemned a right-of-way. This right-of-way ran…
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